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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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Christina Luk

DisciplineInterior Design

TopicsStorytelling

IndustryArts & Entertainment

Location201 Marin Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07302, USA

Christina Luk is the founder and principal of Design by Christina Luk, an immersive design studio that creates unique experiences through interior design, styling and branding. Prior to starting her own design studio, Christina has held leadership roles at renowned interior design firms such as Yabu Pushelberg (NY), tonychi & associates (NY), and Cheng Chung Designs (Hong Kong). Through her journey she has led design teams to create award-winning hospitality and high-end residential projects across...

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Iyore Olaye

DisciplinesData Science, Product Design, Product Management

TopicsAccessibility, Career, Data, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, IoT, Management & Strategy, Product Development, Social Innovation, Sustainability, Web & Mobile

IndustriesFinance, Marketing, Retail, Technology

Iyore N. Olaye is a product leader who creates technology solutions at top consumer...

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Experience Design, Beyond the screens

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsCreativity, Design Thinking

Speaker Stacey Mendez

“Designing user experiences is tough. Especially when they go beyond the digital...

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Jessie McGuire

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Design Operations

TopicsBusiness Design

Jessie McGuire is the Managing Director at brand design studio ThoughtMatter, leading...

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The Science of Happy Design

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsCulture, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Pamela Pavliscak

“So much of the news about technology tells us that the Internet makes us anxious,...

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Charu Sharma

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCareer, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Robotics & AI

IndustryTechnology

Charu Sharma is the Founder & CEO of NextPlay.ai. Companies like Square, Lyft,...

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Toward Research Literacy

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsMethodology

Speaker Veronica Erb

Research isn’t a set of methods. It’s our dynamic process for understanding. In...

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Irene Au

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Career, Culture, Design Thinking, Leadership

IndustryTechnology

Irene Au is Design Partner at Khosla Ventures, where she works with early-, mid-, and...

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Change Management in DesignOps

DisciplineDesign Operations

TopicsLeadership, Management & Strategy

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Rachel Posman

Panel presentation and discussion with Friends of Figma. ...

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Good Intentions and Bad Actors: Unleashing our True Design Superpowers

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsBusiness Design, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Ethics, Service Design

Speaker Lisa deBettencourt

As experience designers, we have unique superpowers to craft products and services in...

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Shayda Torabi

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Content Strategy

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Communication, Community, Entrepreneurship, Social Networks, Storytelling

IndustriesMarketing, Retail

Shayda Torabi is a first generation American Iranian and has been called one of the...

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Speaking your truth and advocating for others — even when your voice shakes!

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsCommunity, Creativity

Speaker Sabrina Hall

Speaking your truth and advocating for others, even when your voice shakes. My talk focused on helping students learn the steps of finding their voice, creating and building community and advocating for others with their truths. Followed by a 20 Q/A session Our conference theme is Voices. We want to celebrate our perspectives in design and how they impact what we create, collectively forming our “voice”. We’re bringing together 20+ speakers from diverse disciplines to inspire conversations about ...

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