TechConnect: Beyond Chatbots: Agentic UI with Open Standards

Description

Integrating agentic AI into the UI easily leads to ad hoc integrations, tight coupling to backend technologies, and vendor lock-in. So how do we design scalable, maintainable interactions between agents and users? This session shows how open standards like AG-UI, A2UI, and MCP Apps enable a protocol-driven approach to Agentic UI, establishing clear, message-based boundaries that decouple UI, agent logic, and tools. You’ll learn how to apply these standards, leveraging dynamic UI generation, tool integration, and Human-in-the-Loop patterns. By the end, you’ll understand how to design Agentic UI using open standards and clear, protocol-based boundaries. Learnings What possibilities Agentic UI provides How AG-UI, A2UI, and MCP Apps play together How to prevent coupling to the server stack How Client Side Tool Calling works How agents can dynamically create components About TechConnect: TechConnect is our online event series by GDG Salzburg. The idea is simple: one topic, one speaker, one focused talk. Each session runs 30 to 40 minutes, followed by an open Q&A, and the whole thing wraps up within an hour. It's built for busy people. You join from wherever you are, learn something new on a specific tech topic, ask your questions directly to the speaker, and get back to your day/evening. Whether you're a developer, designer, or simply curious about tech, you're welcome to join us.