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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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Tatiana Chernogorova

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Lean, Management & Strategy, Product Development, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Experience designer with academic background in both IT and design, Tatiana’s main role is to bridge the gap between these two disciplines. She has extensive working experience in information architecture, usability analysis and full range UX and UI design both in-house and as an external consultant. Working as a design lead Tatiana kick starts about half a dozen projects every year and it is her own most urgent need to make the processes as efficient as possible. Curious by nature, she gets inspired by...

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Danielle Hennis

DisciplinesArt, Brand, Business, Content Strategy, Data Science, Graphic Design

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Career, Communication, Creativity, Data, Design Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Storytelling, Visual Thinking

Danielle Hennis is a Presentation Consultant and Graphic Designer at Make It...

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Design Journeys: Diversity in Design Education

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsAccessibility, Career, Community, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion

Speaker Jacinda Walker

Jacinda Walker will discuss research findings from her thesis, Design Journeys:...

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Amber Atkins

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Design Strategy

IndustriesEducation, Technology

Amber Atkins is a Lead Design Strategist at IBM Design for Services where her team...

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Hacking the Visual Norm

DisciplinesArt, Front-end Engineering

TopicsData, Visual Thinking

Speaker Nadieh Bremer

How to go beyond the default in visualizing data to create more effective charts...

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Ana Nicolau

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Service Design

IndustriesAdvertising, Technology

Ana is a multidisciplinary Director of Experience & Product Design with 15+ years...

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For the Love of Wicked Problems

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Leadership

Speaker Lola Oyelayo

Wikipedia says a wicked problem is a problem that is “difficult or impossible to...

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Meghan McGrath

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Ethics, Leadership, Methodology, Robotics & AI, Security

IndustryTechnology

Meghan McGrath is a security ethnographer and design strategist for IBM in New York...

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Creative Entrepreneur Panel

DisciplinesGame Design, Product Design

TopicsCareer

Speaker Catt Small

Exploring the alchemy of the creative impulse and the entrepreneurial spirit, SVA...

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OneTeamGov with Genevieve Gaudet

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsService Design, Social Innovation

IndustryGovernment

Speaker Genevieve Gaudet

Designing for public interest projects at the federal, state and local levels. ...

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Minjun Chen

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsCareer, Design Thinking

Minjun is a UX designer at Amazon, working on growth and engagement for Prime...

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What The Doc?!?! How to Write and Read Documentation That Allows You To Get Shit Done!

DisciplinesEngineering, Front-end Engineering

TopicsCareer, Communication, JavaScript, Teamwork

Speaker Kim Crayton

Often documentation is treated as an afterthought and an undesirable part of the creative process but it doesn’t have to be. Documentation can be seen as your effective and efficient method for you to tell your story in a comprehensive and engaging way. What the Doc?!?! will help both the writer and ...

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