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Annalisa Nash Fernandez

DisciplinesSales, User Experience

TopicsCommunication, Culture, Leadership

IndustryAdvertising

Linguist and cultural specialist | multicultural marketing | cultural intelligence...

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Diamond Ho

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsCommunity, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Illustration, Methodology

IndustryTechnology

Diamond is a product designer at Facebook, previously at Logitech....

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Alexis Puchek

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Motion & Animation, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, AR/VR, Career, Community, Creativity, Culture, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Privilege, Robotics & AI, Web & Mobile

Alexis Du Mond Puchek has 14+ years of experience in User Experience, Interaction...

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Amy Jiménez Márquez

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCareer, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Innovation, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Robotics & AI, Voice UI

IndustryTechnology

Amy Jiménez Márquez is the UX manager of the Alexa Personality Experience Design...

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Niwal Sheikh

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAccessibility, Design Thinking, Privilege, Product Development, Regenerative Design, Social Innovation, Storytelling

IndustryTechnology

Niwal is a millennial passionate about the world of design, engineering, and tech....

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Amanda Weller

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCareer, Design Thinking, Methodology, Voice UI

I am passionate about using research to understand and shape how people interact with...

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Stacy Devino

DisciplineEngineering

TopicsAccessibility, Career, Community, Design Thinking, Innovation, IoT, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Android , IoT, Organizing, and Women in Tech speaker...

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Stephanie Lawrence

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics

IndustriesGovernment, Healthcare, Retail

Stephanie is a UX designer and researcher in Brooklyn....

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Rebecca Woodmass

DisciplinesData Science, Product Design, User Interface

TopicsAccessibility, Data, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Technology

WRITER, TECH GEEK, INCLUSION EXPERT...

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Lisa deBettencourt

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCareer, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Leadership, Management & Strategy

IndustriesHealthcare, Technology

Lisa was most recently the VP of Design at Confer Health, a biotech startup building...

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Amanda Powter

DisciplinesData Science, Engineering, Product Management

TopicsCulture, Data, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Product Development, Taxonomy, Teamwork

Data, Technology, and People Leader...

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Samia Ahmed

DisciplinesArt, Content Strategy, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Communication, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Illustration, Storytelling, Visual Thinking

IndustryTechnology

Award-winning illustrator specializing in narrative solutions. Tech, start-ups, & stories....

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Laura Creekmore

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Information Architecture

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Communication, Design Strategy, Taxonomy

IndustriesHealthcare, Marketing, Retail

Content strategist and information architect for healthcare, retail, other fields...

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Rachel Star

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Product Design

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Creativity, Design Thinking, Innovation, Product Development

IndustriesEducation, Retail, Technology

Rachel delights in working with entrepreneurs and thinking about new ideas. She's...

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Lauren Hasson

DisciplineEngineering

TopicsCareer, Communication, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership

Lauren Hasson is the Founder of DevelopHer, a career development platform for tech women....

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Anne Hjortshoj

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Interaction Design, Product Design

TopicsCareer, Culture, Design Strategy, Management & Strategy

IndustryTechnology

Product designer, user experience veteran, design director....

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Shruthi Manjula Balakrishna

DisciplinesArt, Brand, Graphic Design, Immersive Experience Design, Motion & Animation

TopicsCommunication, Culture, Design Thinking, Ethics, Illustration, Social Innovation, Visual Thinking

IndustriesAdvertising, Education, Marketing

Shruthi is the legitimate love-child of strategy and creativity....

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Andreea Danielescu

DisciplinesEngineering, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsAR/VR, Robotics & AI, Voice UI, Web & Mobile

Andreea Danielescu, Founder of Antilipsi, has spent the past decade working in voice...

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Amy Chenault

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Interaction Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAgile, Culture, Design Thinking, Ethics, Innovation, Service Design

IndustriesHealthcare, Technology

LocationBoston, MA, USA

Amy uses design, research, & passion to help improve the quality of everyday life. During her career, she’s had the opportunity to collaborate with amazing teams to create an artificial pancreas for people with diabetes; improve radiologist workflows and the experience of pharmacovigilance to ensure patient safety; democratize financial information, and empower individuals through the power of financial literacy (Society of Grownups); give local communities a voice while maintaining a...

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Jessica Ivins

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Interaction Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy

IndustryEducation

Jessica is a faculty member at Center Centre, the UX school in Chattanooga, TN....

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Partners Counseling – 5 Strategies for Harmonious Partnerships

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsTeamwork

Speaker Lea Alcantara

If you work with other people, you are a partner. Whether it’s your clients, your...

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Caroline Sinders

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAR/VR, Culture, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Robotics & AI, Social Networks

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Technology

Caroline Sinders is a machine learning design researcher and artist. For the past few...

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User Research for Agile Teams

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsAgile, Leadership

Speaker Jennifer Fabrizi

One of the biggest challenges facing UX designers working with agile teams is...

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Dana Chisnell

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Service Design

IndustriesGovernment, Nonprofit

Dana, Co-Executive Director of the Center for Civic Design, is a pioneer in civic design....

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Writing Story for Video Games: Non-Linear Narratives

DisciplineGame Design

TopicsStorytelling

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Rayna Anderson

Best practices for writing for video games...

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Naa Marteki Reed

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsAgile, Culture

IndustryTechnology

With expert knowledge of user experience research, information architecture, and...

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Designing a Design System

DisciplinesBrand, Design Operations, User Experience

TopicsCSS, Design Strategy, Design Systems

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Jina Anne

Product design for web and mobile is evolving at a fast pace. As the range of devices...

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Asking Why

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsInnovation

IndustryEducation

Speaker Erika Hall

What is the world like now? What should it be like? Mule Design co-founder Erika Hall...

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Lisa Gringl

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsCSS, Illustration

Lisa Gringl has been working as a digital designer for 6 years. In addition to user...

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“We’re Not Worthy”: Overcoming and Escaping Impostor Syndrome

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCareer, Communication, Culture

Speaker Amy Silvers

Imposter Syndrome is the sense that you are less accomplished or qualified than your peers. It’s common in many professions where ambition is high, but it’s particularly prevalent in UX, where we have limited visibility into each other’s work. We end up thinking that everyone else knows something we don’t, that everyone is doing better work than we are. The prevalence of Imposter Syndrome may also be due to the newness of the profession. University programs have only developed recently, and...

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