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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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Shannon Peel

DisciplinesBrand, Content Strategy

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Communication, Creativity, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, SEO, Storytelling

IndustryMarketing

Shannon Peel is the creative force behind the MarketAPeel Brand. She works from her home office overlooking life in Downtown Vancouver, BC Canada. People describe her as intelligent, quick witted, and creative, all things she takes pride in as she values intelligent thought and solution based productivity. MarketAPeel reflects her values and...

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Tanya Malan

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Front-end Engineering, Graphic Design, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience

TopicsAgile, Design Systems, Design Thinking, HTML, Product Development, Web & Mobile

IndustriesRetail, Technology

Tanya Malan is Senior Director of Brand and E-commerce at Bonobos where she oversees...

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Blank Page to World Stage (Keynote)

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Innovation, Robotics & AI, Storytelling

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Cheryl Platz

Take a groundbreaking NUI-enabled product from concept to reality while keeping your...

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Jennifer Strickland

DisciplinesFront-end Engineering, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Business Strategy, Communication, CSS, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, HTML, Innovation, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Methodology, Privilege, Product Development, Regenerative Design, Service Design, Social Innovation, Web & Mobile

IndustriesFinance, Government, Healthcare, Nonprofit, Technology

With 30 years working as a full-stack designer/developer, strategy, research, IA,...

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Planned Serendipity

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsCulture, Innovation, Social Innovation

Speaker Kate Canales

Kate Canales and 3 ways to increase the incidence of serendipity. Serendipity...

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Alison Entsminger

DisciplinesGraphic Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCareer, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

As a design lead at IBM, Alison specializes in design, facilitation, & illustration....

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Good Code: What, Why and How to get there

DisciplinesBack-end Engineering, Engineering

TopicsDesign Systems, Methodology, Web & Mobile

Speaker Jane Prusakova

Code quality is beyond writing code that works. Defining code craftsmanship....

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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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Building Happy Product Teams like Heist Teams

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsTeamwork

Speaker Laura Klein

Laura Klein has been an engineer, researcher, designer, product manager and...

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How do you solve a problem like front end developer

DisciplineFront-end Engineering

TopicsMethodology

Speaker Monika Piotrowicz

It's 2015 and as a discipline, front end development (FED) has recently seen enormous...

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Madhuri Kolhatkar

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Interaction Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Teamwork

IndustriesNonprofit, Technology, Telecommunications

Design Leader, Usability Practitioner, Coach and Mentor for Women in Design...

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Use Your Designer Superpowers for Good

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Thinking, Innovation

EventAIGA

Speaker Clarissa Peterson

It turns out that some of the most awesome uses of design and technology are things that many of us have never heard of, and will probably never need ourselves. For example, there’s an app that allows blind people to identify denominations of paper money by taking a photo. There’s an online service for inmates that lets them save up to 90% off the outrageously priced long distance calls from prison phones. And there’s even an organization that helps indigenous communities in Guyana track and report ...

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