References · Case Studies

AI governance in practice

How leadership teams govern AI responsibly – selected mandates and proof-of-concept projects.

Case study · Japan

Discoveries Inc., Tokyo

Discoveries Inc. (Tokyo) is a Japanese IT company that develops AI agents.

Starting point

Discoveries had set out as an “AX company” to anchor AI not only technologically but as a leadership task.

Approach

Two workshops with the CEO and the change manager, followed by a dedicated workshop with the Discoveries management team, working with SOTRAI on the decisive leadership questions.

Outcome

The leadership team anchored accountability as the core of its AI transformation, with the clear insight that governance rules must be reviewed continuously as technology and business evolve.

Yuichiro Shimada
“As a business leader actually driving AI transformation in my own company, the scenarios discussed reflected my current reality. This experience reinforced my hypothesis that we may need to fundamentally redesign not only organisational structures, but also business processes and evaluation systems.” Yuichiro Shimada, CEO & Founder, Discoveries Inc. (Tokyo) · AI Governance & Leadership Workshop, University of Tokyo, May 2026
Case study · Public sector

AI meets parliamentary data – a proof of concept with Swisscom

At the Swisscom Business Days 2024 (13 November 2024, KKL Lucerne), Dr. Jacqueline Kucera and Philippe Meyer presented the proof of concept for an AI chatbot for analysing parliamentary data – making parliamentary data easily accessible to everyone.

Starting point

Parliamentary data is often hard to access and time-consuming to analyse for the public, the media and the administration.

Approach

A proof of concept developed together with Swisscom: an AI chatbot that makes parliamentary data easy to query and analyse.

Outcome

A tangible demonstration of how trustworthy AI can improve access to democratic information.

Dr. Jacqueline Kucera presenting the AI chatbot for parliamentary data analysis at Swisscom Business Days 2024, KKL Lucerne

Image: Swisscom · In collaboration with Swisscom (Dave Schadock, Milos Radovic, Celine Lögler, Tanja Dujic).

Keynote · DINAcon annual conference

Keynote speaker at DINAcon – “AI in the service of democracy?”

Dr. Jacqueline Kucera was a keynote speaker at DINAcon, the Swiss annual conference for digital sustainability, open source and open data (CH Open, Bern).

Starting point

Public institutions must remain able to act and to judge when AI increasingly shapes information and decisions.

Keynote

In “AI in the service of democracy?” research and practice were connected, showing how responsible AI can strengthen democratic institutions – with a focus on trust, transparency and human judgement.

Key message

Responsible AI can strengthen trust in democracy – when transparency, human judgement and democratic accountability stay in the lead.

Dr. Jacqueline Kucera as keynote speaker at DINAcon Keynote by Dr. Jacqueline Kucera at DINAcon – AI in the service of democracy

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Reference · Member of the National Council & joint conference

Isabelle Chappuis

Joint conference on AI Governance & Leadership with Isabelle Chappuis, Member of the Swiss National Council and author of “Notre liberté de penser” (EPFL Press).

Starting point

AI is reshaping leadership and democratic decision-making – governance, accountability and trust must be part of it.

Conference

A joint conference with National Councillor Isabelle Chappuis on AI Governance & Leadership, connecting the research perspective with the political and societal view.

Key message

Responsible AI leadership and the protection of democratic judgement belong together – trust is the foundation.

Dr. Jacqueline Kucera and Isabelle Chappuis at their joint conference on AI Governance & Leadership
Isabelle Chappuis
I have had the opportunity to collaborate with Dr. Jacqueline Kucera in several contexts related to artificial intelligence, democratic governance, and emerging technologies, including public conferences, panel discussions, and the parlementAIre project, a sovereign AI proof of concept for the Swiss Parliament.

Our collaboration fully convinced me of her scientific expertise, strategic clarity, and ability to advance complex AI-related questions with both rigour and responsibility.

Jacqueline combines deep knowledge of AI governance with a strong understanding of institutional realities, democratic accountability, and the practical conditions required to build trustworthy AI systems.

I hold her work in such high regard that I explicitly acknowledged her competence in my recent book, Notre liberté de penser, published by EPFL Press, which addresses artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and the protection of democratic freedom of thought.

I am pleased to recommend Dr. Jacqueline Kucera and her work through SOTRAI. Isabelle Chappuis · Member of the Swiss National Council · Author of Notre liberté de penser (EPFL Press)
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