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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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Lin Nie

DisciplinesProduct Management, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCareer, Data, Methodology, Product Development, Robotics & AI

IndustryTechnology

LocationNew York, NY, USA

Lin Nie is a Research Scientist in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Psychology at Dataminr’s AI group. Dataminr is an AI platform that finds high-impact events and breaking information for clients in 70 countries cross industries before it's in the news. Before Dataminr, Lin was a UX consultant where she led original research efforts exploring topics of voice and AI, in addition to user research to help fortune 500 brands create experiences people love. Lin's expertise in designing research...

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Daniela Felletti

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCulture, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Social Innovation

Daniela is a multilingual professional specialised in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion...

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Black Mirror and the Power of Speculative Design

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Mick Champayne

How designers can learn from Black Mirror’s cautionary tales with speculative design. ...

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Aleksandra Kozawska

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Innovation, Service Design

IndustriesAerospace, Finance

Aleksandra is an award-winning service and strategic designer passionate about space....

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When I Speak My Mind

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCommunication

Speaker Whitney Hess

As a child, Whitney was repeatedly scolded for being too opinionated. She was told to...

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Maggie Winters Gaudaen

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Immersive Experience Design, Interaction Design

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Career, Creativity, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Visual Thinking

IndustriesAdvertising, Marketing

Maggie Winters-Gaudaen is a partner and creative director at DC agency January Third....

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Accessible Design is Good for all!

DisciplineInteraction Design

TopicsAccessibility, Creativity

Speaker Sabrina Hall

Join me as I discuss why Accessible Design is Good for all! Three exciting days with...

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Rena Kuai

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsCareer, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Product Development, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Rena is an ex-product manager turned product designer who currently resides in...

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Progressive Enhancement: A mindset for designing no-code platforms

DisciplineInteraction Design

TopicsDesign Strategy, Product Development

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Liz Khoo

Find out why progressive enhancement is an imperative mindset for no-code tool creators to...

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Hacking our way to an agile organization

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsAgile, Culture, Leadership

IndustryGovernment

Speaker Tanya Snook

Explore practical hacking and how to hack work, teams, organizations, and ourselves....

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Vidhya Sriram

DisciplinesBusiness, Immersive Experience Design, Product Management, User Experience, User Research

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Career, Design Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Leadership, Methodology, Service Design, Social Innovation

IndustryTechnology

I enable organizations to create valuable experiences that become the lever of...

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Gamification

DisciplinesGame Design, Graphic Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy

EventTEDx

Speaker Catherine Aurelio

Catherine Aurelio is the User Experience and Creative Direction Lead at Bunchball. She has more than 15 years of experience in interactive media and print design creating award winning solutions for her clients in a variety of industries. In her current role, she provides program design solutions using her unique skillset as a graphic designer, gamification expert and user experience maven to create successful solutions for Bunchball's clients. This TEDxSantaCruz talk is part of over 2 dozen ...

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