The digital and mobile technologies that are ushering in the Fourth Industrial Revolution are fundamentally changing the speed and scope of communication. If artificial intelligence and big data technologies are more widely utilized, they are expected to significantly change state administration and the democratic system. France is already spearheading state reform by establishing a digital-based electronic government with efficient and streamlined administration. The development of IT (information-telecommunication) technologies has brought about a technological evolution that helps in heeding individual citizen’s opinions, and it is expected to affect participatory democracy. To make the government more open and agile with digital technology, we should stimulate a variety of in-depth discussions on the network-based division of power and cooperative governance, on the ways to formulate a reform-friendly environment through a simplified and efficient administration, and on digital democracy. In this session, Jean-Vincent Place, French state reform minister, and Won Hee-ryong, governor of the Jeju Special Self-governing Province, will project their vision on the big changes resulting from the Fourth Industrial Revolution and share their views on the ways to aptly and flexibly respond to the future.