X. Design Week 2026
Digital Tourism Think Tank
03
Day Three · The Implementation Lab

From principles to policy in practice

4 June 2026
Thursday
Morning · 09:30–12:00

AI Policy, Transparency and Governance

A focused discussion examining the policy implications shaping AI integration. Day 3 looks at AI through a strategic lens, exploring where governance frameworks are forming and what capabilities are needed.

09:30
30 minutes
Registration

Registration

10:00
1 hour
Policy Session

AI Policy Challenges

A strategic opening on the policy questions DMOs are confronting as AI moves from experimentation into implementation. The session looks at AI Policy, Transparency and Governance as a connected set of issues, examining how DMOs are shaping their own strategies.

11:00
1 hour
Use Case Exchange

Preparing for AI's Future: Use Case Exchanges

A peer-led format built around shared experience. Participants will bring live cases of how their teams are preparing for the future of AI, surfacing the concerns, the unknowns and the practical responses that are starting to take shape.

Afternoon · Working Sessions on the Framework
Afternoon · 13:30–15:45

Working Sessions on the Framework

We will explore the Tier 1 Models and Tier 2 Instruments of the DTTT AI Transparency Framework.

12:00
1.5 hours
Lunch

Lunch

13:30
15 minutes
Framework Recap

The DTTT AI Transparency Framework: First Committee Discussion

A working session on the DTTT AI Transparency Framework, the open suite of models for recording and communicating AI use across tourism organisations. The session walks through the framework in detail and opens the first governance committee discussion.

13:45
60 minutes
Tier 1 Models

Working Through the Framework

Focused on assessing and discussing the four Tier 1 Models from the AI Transparency Framework. Each model addresses a different dimension of AI use.

MODEL 01
AI Transparency Model

How AI contribution is recorded using the A to E scale.

MODEL 02
Productivity and Delivery Extension Model

How AI time savings and capability extension are measured.

MODEL 03
AI Environmental Impact Model

How the relative energy intensity of AI use is graded.

MODEL 04
AI Content Integrity Model

How the ethics of AI-generated visual content are assessed.

14:45
60 minutes
Tier 2 Instruments

The Organisational Lens

The Tier 2 Instruments focus on team and organisational structures rather than individual outputs. They examine the capability, maturity and wellbeing of the people doing the work.

INSTRUMENT 01
AI Maturity Model

A baseline assessment of where an organisation sits on its AI journey.

Where are we on our AI journey?
INSTRUMENT 02
AI Capability Model

A scenario-based individual assessment producing an archetype profile.

What kind of AI user am I?
INSTRUMENT 03
AI Wellbeing Instrument

A periodic reflection on what AI is doing to people inside the organisation.

What is AI doing to our people?