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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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Eva Schone

DisciplinesArchitecture, Art, Business, Product Design

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Creativity, Culture, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Management & Strategy, Sustainability

IndustryArts & Entertainment

Location8711 Burnet Road, Austin, TX, USA

Eva Schone is the CEO of Trophyology, which she founded with a passion to elevate acts of gratitude and appreciation to a form of art. Trophyology creates architect-designed and artisan-crafted recognition awards that are worth giving and worth keeping. Prior to founding Trophyology, Eva worked as a licensed architect for over a decade. Her love and appreciation for thoughtful and elegant design translated naturally from her career as an architect to her journey as an entrepreneur with...

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Kara DeFrias

DisciplinesBrand, Content Strategy, Immersive Experience Design, User Experience

TopicsCommunication, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Leadership, Service Design, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Government, Healthcare, Technology

Kara's background is a mix of private and public sector experience, including...

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Be the Voice of Change

DisciplinesGraphic Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsCulture, Diversity & Inclusion

Speaker Tasha Lutfi

How to spark change in your organization...

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Courtney Robertson

DisciplineFront-end Engineering

TopicsCareer, Communication, Community, CSS, Diversity & Inclusion, JavaScript, SEO, Social Networks, Sustainability, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Courtney Robertson, an accomplished Open Source Developer Advocate at GoDaddy, a...

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Cultivating Empathic Design in an Analytical World

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsData

Speaker Irene Au

Panel with Irene Au, Director of User Experience, Google; Jane Fulton Suri, Creative...

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Trish Ang

DisciplinesFront-end Engineering, User Interface

TopicsAccessibility, Career, Community, CSS, Culture, Design Systems, Diversity & Inclusion, JavaScript, Leadership, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Designer slash developer. Codes @slackhq. Volunteers @oakland_cm....

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Applying a Five-Phased Credible Approach to Qualitative Research

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsPolicy

IndustryGovernment

Speaker Meena Kothandaraman

Meena Kothandaraman from twig+fish will review a case study that involved...

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Irina Koryagina

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsCareer, Creativity, Culture, Design Systems, Methodology, Privilege, Typography, Visual Thinking

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education, Marketing, Nonprofit

Irina Koryagina is a graphic designer and art director based in New York City,...

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Dear Aspiring Leader

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsCareer, Leadership

Speaker Mia Blume

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Because my “WHY” Is Stronger Than Your Excuses

DisciplinesBusiness, Engineering

TopicsDiversity & Inclusion, Privilege

Speaker Kim Crayton

The success of this last week's @causeasceneconf and its effect on those who attended...

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Alberta Soranzo

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsAgile, Culture, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Leadership, Service Design, Storytelling, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Alberta specializes in transformational design leadership and simplifying complexity. ...

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Why You Need a Genuine Personality Brand: How to stand out in a sea of sameness and a world of duplicates.

DisciplineBrand

TopicsBusiness Strategy

Speaker Danielle Hughes

(This talk can be given as a presentation or a workshop and has been given at PwC, one of the biggest consulting firms in the world, small business conferences (like How Design), national trade organizations (like Graphic Artists Guild), local networking groups (Fly Female Founders, Score NYC) and more. This topic can be modified for solopreneurs, small business owners and employees.) We have all heard the expression, "you are your biggest asset." So why do so many of us feel reluctant to let our ...

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