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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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Sindhuja Narasimhan

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Management

TopicsCareer, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Product Development

IndustryTelecommunications

LocationSeattle, WA, USA

Sindhu Narasimhan is a product Designer with 10 years of experience building large-scale products from concept to launch. Sindhu's specialization lies on bringing nebulous and abstract problems to life through systematic design thinking and leadership. Sindhu currently works as a Design Lead at Roku building on bringing T-Commerce experiences to life. Before Roku, Sindhu spent some quality time in Amazon as one of the earliest design hires for Amazon Key, Amazon's In-Home and In-Car Delivery...

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Suzan Oslin

DisciplinesProduct Management, User Experience

TopicsAR/VR, Design Strategy, Leadership

As a computer graphics pioneer, Suzan Oslin began her career animating digital effects for...

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Gray Area Festival: Living Systems Design Research

DisciplinesArchitecture, Product Design

TopicsDesign Systems, Environment, Product Development, Regenerative Design, Sustainability

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Technology

Speaker Dawn Danby

Dawn Danby explores connections among design, technology, and planetary health...

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Cathy Pearl

DisciplineUser Interface

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Robotics & AI, Voice UI

IndustryTechnology

Cathy Pearl is Head of Conversation Design Outreach at Google, and the author of the...

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Let’s Make a Video Game

DisciplineGame Design

TopicsStorytelling

Speaker Auriea Harvey

Auriea Harvey founded independent studio Tale of Tales with Michaël Samyn in Ghent,...

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Janet Crawford

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCommunication, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Janet is expert at identifying the key changes in leadership behavior and corporate...

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Becoming A Confident Introvert

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCareer, Communication, Community

Speaker Stephanie Thoma

Introverts get our energy from solitude. In a society that openly celebrates...

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Xiaobi (Iris) Pan

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, Industrial Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsAR/VR, Design Thinking, Innovation

IndustryTechnology

Xiaobi (Iris) Pan is a globally-recognized pioneer in the fields of User Experience...

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History-Shaping Design: Tales Told by Early American Board Games

DisciplineGame Design

TopicsCulture

Speaker Julia Keren-Detar

Early American board games offer some interesting insights on how culture can shape...

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Design for All

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsAccessibility

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Anna Cook

Over 1 billion people have disabilities. Join us as we learn how to design websites...

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Kathryn Hing

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCareer

IndustryArts & Entertainment

Kathryn is the Head of design at Gorgias. Previous to that, she led the design team...

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The Art of Critique

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsCareer, Communication, Culture, Leadership

Speaker Rachel Gogel

Over the past three years, the practice of synchronous, live critique (whether in person or virtual) has become a lost skill — especially as more teams have opted for asynchronous feedback and the distinction between meeting types has become blurred. Some companies also continue to merge non-design functions into Design orgs, which has exacerbated an underlying issue: that most don’t provide the frameworks necessary to facilitate effective critique. Unfortunately, the lack of training and resources ...

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