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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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Breanna DiBella

DisciplinesBrand, Graphic Design

TopicsCommunication, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Visual Thinking

IndustriesAdvertising, Marketing

LocationWorcester, MA, USA

Breanna DiBella is an artist, strategic thinker, designer, creative director and business owner. She’s known for making magic and loves helping others reach their goals and actualize their dreams. She was educated at the School of Visual Arts in NYC, where she earned a BFA in Graphic Design. Bree’s career highlights include designing for the likes of CollegeHumor, Seventeen Magazine and Inside Edition in New York City, to relocating across the country to design books for Timber Press in Portland,...

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Anna Cook

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsAccessibility, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Illustration, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Anna E. Cook Senior Inclusive Design with 10 years of speaking experience...

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Content Strategy: In-House vs. Agency

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCareer

Speaker Natalie Dunbar

This is the CS event you've been wanting all year! If you're a content strategist,...

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Alana Washington

DisciplinesBusiness, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Data, Diversity & Inclusion, Service Design, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Technology

Alana Washington is a design leader, strategist, and researcher. Currently, she’s a...

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A Future with Feeling

DisciplineImmersive Experience Design

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

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Pamela Pavliscak

Technology is more than efficiency and ease, it's emotional to the core....

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Josephine Wong

DisciplinesBusiness, User Experience, User Research

TopicsBusiness Design, Career, Community, Culture, Design Strategy, Leadership, Storytelling, Teamwork

IndustryEducation

Jo believes everyone is capable and responsible to insert meaning into moments that matter...

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BigTalker Interview: Embodied Critique Method

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCommunication, Storytelling, Teamwork

Speaker Billie Mandel

The benefits of learning to feel your feelings, and learning that you have a choice...

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Ulrike Rausch

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsTypography

Ulrike is a type designer with a strong expertise in font technology....

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Becoming a Twin…at age 23

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsStorytelling

Speaker Georgy Cohen

In my early 20s, I discovered I had a long-lost twin brother. How do you...

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User Experience Design

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsStorytelling

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Ilona Posner

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Luz Bratcher

DisciplinesArt, Interaction Design, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Career, Communication, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Ethics, Innovation, Management & Strategy, Privilege, Regenerative Design, Storytelling, Teamwork, Visual Thinking, Voice UI

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education, Technology

Arts-based soul care for creatives in tech...

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Designing a Design System

DisciplinesBrand, Design Operations, User Experience

TopicsCSS, Design Strategy, Design Systems

IndustryTechnology

EventMixin Conf

Speaker Jina Anne

Product design for web and mobile is evolving at a fast pace. As the range of devices and platforms continues to expand, so do the design considerations. Learn how design systems help a design team build a framework that meets their needs by bringing together all of the critical design components, including style guides, pattern and UI libraries, CSS frameworks, and other resources. In this session, Jina, lead designer on the Design Systems team at Salesforce UX, will share: Strategies to approach, ...

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