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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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Joanna Peña-Bickley

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, Industrial Design, Product Design

TopicsCreativity, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Regenerative Design

IndustriesAdvertising, Arts & Entertainment, Technology

Joanna Peña-Bickley | @jojobickley Artist. Activist. Inventor. Designer of Enchanting Experiences Head of Design, Internet of Things @ Amazon AWS Ms. Joanna Peña-Bickley, is a 21st century renaissance woman, a design technologist, known as the mother of Cognitive Experience Design. She is propelled by a multidisciplinary acumen in design, data, media and technology, her insatiable curiosity moves the C-Suite beyond obvious ideas and products, towards enduring market making experiences for the...

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Charlene Lee

DisciplineProduct Management

TopicsProduct Development, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Product management leader who specializes in building diverse & inclusive teams & products...

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Monique Hennington

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsCareer, Design Thinking, Product Development

With user experience (UX) design and public relations as the backbone of my career,...

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Designing for Bots

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Robotics & AI

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Adopting a solid design process is tricky and uncomfortable for a lot of tech...

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Preethi Raju

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAccessibility, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Methodology, Service Design

IndustryHealthcare

Preethi Raju is a Product Designer leading the effort to create a world class member...

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Mansi Gupta

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Methodology, Service Design, Social Innovation

Mansi is the founder of Unconform, working at the intersection of women x design....

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Design a gaming platform for kids

DisciplinesGame Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsCommunity, Creativity, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Product Development, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education, Technology

Speaker Carina Ngai

Gaming is a new medium where kids explore different identities via avatars and social play...

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Bullshit for Designers

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsCommunication, Ethics, Management & Strategy, Storytelling, Teamwork

Speaker Andrea Neuhoff

Warning! The word b*llsh#t is extensively in this talk, luckily it's a short talk....

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Schessa Garbutt

DisciplinesBrand, Graphic Design, User Interface

TopicsBusiness Design, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Privilege, Typography

IndustryMarketing

Schessa is the founder and creative director at Firebrand. Design for an equitable future....

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The 7 pillars of design (and how they apply to our lives)

DisciplineBrand

TopicsCreativity

Speaker Raffaella Isidori

The basic principles of graphic design are applicable to a lot more than design: in this talk, we’ll explore how these fundamental concepts can extend into all aspects of your life, personal and professional. From Space to Gestalt, from Unity to Dominance, to Balance the principles that govern design (should) govern our lives as well, as – just like a product – a good, purposeful and worthy life can be ...

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