Responsible Tourism Workshop X DTTG

"DESIGN THINKING FOR RESPONSIBLE TOURISM"

The workshop will teach the participants how to apply the tools, knowledge and methodology of design thinking to identify, define and resolve challenges and issues affecting the organization with regard to promoting and propagrating responsible tourism.

Kuching, Sibu & Miri

11-12 January 2022 - APRIL 2022

Overview

Design Thinking is an approach to problem-solving that places issues, and how they are framed and experienced, at the centre of concern. It can empower tourism by helping to diagnose the problem, fully appreciate its complexity, understand the empathy with different stakeholders, which can include consideration of non-human interests, like Nature, i.e. wildlife, forests, rivers, ecosystems, and so on. It allows for collaborative and interdisciplinary engagement, where challenges are reframed so that innovative solutions might be uncovered, and collaborative, shared solutions built

Outcome

This Design Thinking for Responsible Tourism Program will teach participants how to apply the tools, knowledge and methodology of Design Thinking to identify, define and resolve challenges and issues affecting the organization with regard to promoting and propagating Responsible Tourism. The goal is to develop confident and creative design thinkers to:

Embrace an experimental attitude to iteratively discover what is useful, feasible and viable to address problems with a user-centric mindset; and
Help build a culture that promotes, accelerates, and sustains innovation to create and uncover opportunities that can benefit the organization.

DR VALDEW SINGH

Over 30 years of extensive work experience in academia, industry and government service.
Major contributions include advanced technology and specialized manpower development programs for multinational corporations, small & medium enterprises and government agencies.
Spearheaded many technologies capability development initiatives to help promote and propagate industry development in Singapore and around the region.
Areas of expertise relate to Business Transformation, Strategic Planning, Digitalization, Enterprise Integration, Advanced Manufacturing, Technology Transfer and Innovation management.

Program Schedule

Date	Time	Details
11 January 2022	9.00 am – 12.30 pm	Day 1 of Virtual Workshop on Design Thinking for Responsible Tourism
12 January 2022	9.00 am – 12.30 pm	Day 2 Virtual Workshop on Design Thinking for Responsible Tourism
13 – 20 January 2022	–	Follow-ups on queries regarding RT Template
21 January 2022	–	Submission of RT Template for Initial Review
24 January 2022	9.00 am – 1.00 pm	Virtual Discussion (with Dr. Valdew) on RT Template
27 January 2022	9.00 am – 12.30 pm	Final Presentation
28 January 2022	5.00 pm	Submission of Final RT Template

Virtual Workshop Schedule

11 January 2022

Time	Details
9.00 am – 9.30 am	Message from Chief Executive Officer of Sarawak Tourism Board, Puan Sharzede Datu Hj Salleh Askor
9.30 am – 10.30 am	Responsible Tourism – UNs Sustainable Development Goals Overview of Sarawak’s Tourism Aspiration Framework
10.30 am – 10.45 am	Break
10.45 am – 12.30 pm	Design Thinking in a Nutshell Discover Empathize – Who & What Define the Problem / User Needs Ideate – Brainstorming for Ideas

12 January 2022

Time	Details
9.00 am – 10.30 am	2. Develop Prototyping Testing 3. Advocate Project Proposal & Development Pitching Performance Monitoring KPIs for Sustainability Reporting
10.30 am – 10.45 am	Break
10.45 am – 12.30 pm	Briefing of RT Template & Project Wrap-up