WhatNext.Law, in partnership with Capgemini, hosted a forum dedicated to AI Agents and the Future of Decision-Making, bringing together academia, business, regulators and public decision-makers to reflect on the growing impact of autonomy in artificial intelligence systems.
The session opened with welcome remarks from Magda Cocco (VdA), Margarida Lima Rego (NOVA School of Law) and Cristina Rodrigues (Capgemini). This was followed by the first panel, focused on the transition from generative AI to agentic AI, in which Miguel Mira da Silva (IST), moderated by Tiago Bessa (VdA), examined emerging autonomy models and their implications for decision-making. The keynote address by Massimo Ippoliti (Capgemini) highlighted challenges relating to scale, governance and organisational maturity.
The firechat on practical use cases of Agentic AI brought forward concrete experiences shared by Ana Pinto Luz (BPI), Tiago Esteves (Salesforce) and Miguel Mancellos (Capgemini), addressing productivity, new operating models and collaboration between people and artificial agents.
The discussion then moved to regulation, data and autonomy, with a panel featuring Magda Cocco (VdA), Raquel Brízida Castro (ANACOM and FDUL) and Vera Lúcia Raposo (NOVA School of Law), moderated by Miguel Rodrigues (Capgemini), and focused on the AI Act, risk, accountability and governance by design.
Following the networking session, the third panel addressed autonomous enterprises, use cases and intelligent governance, with Ricardo Gonçalves (Fidelidade), Pedro Gomes Mota (Brisa) and Paulo Pereira (MEO), moderated by Inês Antas de Barros (VdA), sharing practical insights and adoption challenges.
The closing conversation brought together Arlindo de Oliveira (Instituto Superior Técnico), Paulo Dimas (Centre for Responsible AI) and Joana Gonçalves de Sá (Social Physics & Complexity Lab), moderated by Tiago Bessa (VdA), for a reflection on trust, explainability, human responsibility and ethics. The event concluded with closing remarks by Bernardo Correia, Secretary of State for Digitalisation.
WhatNext.Law thanks all speakers, moderators and participants for a rigorous and impact-oriented debate.
Read the report on the growth of Agentic AI.
See below some highlights from the session:
