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Yadvi Maheshwari

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsAccessibility, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Visual Thinking

Hello 👋 I'm Yadvi, a product designer passionate about crafting intentional...

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Carmen Broomes

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Lean, Methodology

IndustryTechnology

Carmen Broomes is the Head of UX Research at Handshake where she helps students...

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Victoria Nduka

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Diversity & Inclusion

Victoria Nduka is a user experience designer passionate about technology,...

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Antara Dave

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsBusiness Design, Data, Design Systems, Design Thinking

IndustryTechnology

Antara Dave is a Product Designer a unique blend of skills, combining her foundation...

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Leena Joshi

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsEntrepreneurship, Environment, Leadership, Social Innovation, Storytelling, Sustainability

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Nonprofit

Leena Joshi is a social entrepreneur, public speaker, climate advocate and author....

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Parul Gupta

DisciplinesBack-end Engineering, Engineering, Industrial Design

TopicsCareer, Ethics, Innovation, Robotics & AI

IndustryTechnology

Parul is a Senior Production Engineer at Meta, where she works within the Python...

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Priya Bajaj

DisciplinesBrand, Content Strategy, Sales

TopicsCareer, Communication, Community, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Storytelling

Priya Bajaj: Sales, Marketing, AI. Curiosity-driven career strategies for the 3/3 jackpot...

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Esmeralda Tijhoff

DisciplinesBack-end Engineering, Front-end Engineering, Product Management

TopicsCommunity, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Privilege, Product Development, Teamwork, Web & Mobile

Esmeralda Tijhoff is a Product Manager and Open Source Officer at Dictu, specialising...

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Jamal Amanova

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAR/VR, Business Design, Creativity, Design Thinking

Jamal joins Women Talk Design to elevate the stage with bold, visionary design...

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Valeria Stromtsova

DisciplinesProduct Management, User Experience, User Research

TopicsEnvironment, Innovation, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Product Development, Sustainability, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Valeria is a product leader focused on sustainability, mentorship, and innovation....

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Lisa Gralnek

DisciplinesBrand, Business, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Communication, Community, Creativity, Environment, Ethics, Innovation, Leadership, Sustainability

IndustriesMarketing, Nonprofit

A driving force in strategy and brand building, Lisa is an influential business...

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Berenice Méndez

DisciplineBrand

TopicsCareer, Culture, Storytelling, Visual Thinking

IndustryTechnology

Berenice is a Creative Director living in San Francisco, originally from the border...

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Julie Smithson

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Immersive Experience Design, User Experience

TopicsAR/VR, Business Design, Business Strategy, Community, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership, Storytelling, Sustainability, Teamwork, Visual Thinking, Web & Mobile

IndustriesEducation, Technology

Top 100 Women of the Future, CEO of METAVRSE, & CoFounder of XR Women & Unlimited Awesome...

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Valeria Adani

DisciplinesBusiness, Data Science, Design Operations, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Ethics, Innovation, Product Development

Valeria Adani is Partner and Interim CEO at IF, a design agency specialising in trust....

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Jamie Roberts

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsCareer, Leadership, Teamwork

IndustryAdvertising

Jamie Roberts provides creative career support to design professionals across the globe....

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Soren Hamby

DisciplinesDesign Operations, User Experience

TopicsAccessibility, Community, Culture, Design Systems, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Service Design

IndustryHealthcare

Soren Hamby is dedicated to fostering team diversity and inclusion while spearheading...

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Ashley Gross

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Career, Communication, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Robotics & AI

IndustryTechnology

Ashley Gross is an accomplished AI leader, practitioner, and educator with over 5...

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Mae Reed

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsCareer, Communication, Culture, Design Strategy

IndustryTechnology

Mae Reed is a master of transforming complex systems into intuitive, E2E experiences....

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Melissa Delzio

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Graphic Design, Interaction Design

TopicsBusiness Design, Career, Community, Entrepreneurship, Service Design

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education, Nonprofit

LocationPortland, OR, USA

Melissa Delzio is an independent designer in Portland, who specializes in design for good projects and is passionate about the business side of design. Melissa has 15 years of experience creating print and interactive work for international brands, local businesses, nonprofits and educational institutions, and has been independent for 10. Her work reflects her interest in issues of social and environmental justice, feminism, sports, local businesses and history. Past personal projects include publishing...

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Rebecca Sadwick Shaddix

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Content Strategy, User Experience, User Research

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Career, Communication, Community, Creativity, Culture, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Innovation, IoT, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Policy, Social Innovation, Storytelling, Sustainability, Teamwork

IndustriesAdvertising, Education, Marketing, Nonprofit, Technology, Telecommunications

Rebecca advises tech companies on scalable branding, marketing and go-to-market strategies...

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Design for Aging, your future-self

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Carina Ngai

We move beyond usability, and introduce “Design for Aging” as a process of innovation....

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Amy Vainieri

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCareer, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Teamwork, Typography, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

A graphic design leader with expertise in Design Systems, DesignOps, and User Experience....

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Abusability Testing Workshop

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsEthics, Storytelling

Speaker Anna Abovyan

Storytelling workshop aimed at unveiling pitfalls of otherwise exciting technologies. ...

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Katerina Skroumpelou

DisciplineFront-end Engineering

TopicsCSS, JavaScript, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Katerina is a front-end developer at Upstream. In the past she worked with web maps...

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It’s Our Research Interview (Donna Spencer)

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Interaction Design

TopicsWeb & Mobile

Speaker Donna Spencer

An interview with Donna Spencer about getting stakeholder buy-in for UX research. The...

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Sasha Endoh

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Engineering, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Management & Strategy, Teamwork, Web & Mobile

IndustriesNonprofit, Technology

Sasha believes in using technology's power for the greater good....

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Our Eternal (Digital) Afterlife

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCulture, Robotics & AI, Social Networks, Storytelling

Speaker Alberta Soranzo

What losing a partner in my twenties taught me about death and memory in the digital...

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Marketing Creative Services: How to Find Your Focus

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsBusiness Design, Career, Leadership

IndustryMarketing

Speaker Ilise Benun

Are you being creative or rigid about your focus or niche? There are at least 10 ways...

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Lindsay Roxon

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsAccessibility, Business Design, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Ethics, Innovation, Service Design, Social Innovation

Design Research, Strategist and Master of Design, Strategic Foresight and...

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How Selfish Design Can Save the World

DisciplinesBrand, Content Strategy, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, User Experience

TopicsCareer, Culture, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Social Innovation

Event99U Conference

Speaker Ashleigh Axios

After breaking ground in government as the creative director for the Obama White House, Ashleigh Axios is now working to democratize publishing at Automattic, the parent company of WordPress. In this passionate talk on the role of design in social change, Axios asks creatives to embrace the good feeling that comes from helping others, even if chasing that feeling can seem self-centered. Her primer to doing good with a creative skillset includes: Why the problems that keep you up at night are your ...

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