Entrepreneurship Summit 2025: Keynote Till Behnke

Summary

In his keynote speech at the Entrepreneurship Summit 2025, Till Behnke talks about ‘Law-as-Code and AI: How We Can Fix Bureaucracy and Finally Make the State Digital’. He will highlight how artificial intelligence (AI) and ‘law-as-code’ approaches can be used to automate bureaucracy, simplify administrative processes and make government systems more digital, transparent and efficient. The focus is on how technology can transform public administration in such a way that processes become faster, more transparent and more service-oriented without compromising legal integrity. The keynote is an invitation to think beyond traditional administrative processes and develop digital solutions for public systems.

Key insights for founders

1. Thinking bureaucracy digitally instead of just digitising it
   Behnke shows that it is not enough to simply digitise existing administrative processes – rather, they should be designed from the ground up as digital, automatable processes.
   
   
2. Law-as-code as a bridge between law and technology
   The ‘law-as-code’ approach means making legal norms machine-readable so that they can be directly translated into automated processes and AI systems. This creates transparency and consistency.
   
   
3. AI can increase transparency and efficiency
   Artificial intelligence can help interpret complex regulations, identify process steps and make administrative procedures more efficient without excluding legal responsibility.
   
   
4. Digital administration strengthens user centricity
   Modern administration must be geared towards the needs of citizens – digital systems can help improve service quality and accessibility.
   
   
5. Innovations in the public sector are possible and necessary
   Behnke makes it clear that technological innovations should not only be applied in the private sector, but can also have a major impact in the public sector.

About the speaker

Till Behnke is the founder and chief executive officer of the Rulemapping Group and a thought leader in the field of digital government and regulatory technology (RegTech). In his work, he combines legal expertise with technological innovation, focusing on approaches such as law-as-code, i.e. the machine-readable implementation of legal norms, and the use of artificial intelligence to make administrative processes more efficient. Behnke is a sought-after speaker on topics such as digital transformation in the public sector, automated law enforcement and the innovative use of technology to make existing government structures more modern and user-friendly.