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Kamala Alcantara

DisciplinesFront-end Engineering, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience

TopicsAgile, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Storytelling

IndustriesEducation, Technology

Kamala is obsessed with designing user experiences that deliver WOW-worthy moments....

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Mallory Roth

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCareer, Communication, Community, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Taxonomy

IndustryTechnology

Mallory is a librarian and content designer in the tech industry, based in Oakland....

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Sanjukta Das

DisciplinesInteraction Design, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Community, Creativity, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Social Innovation

Creative Lead, Dalberg Design Sanjukta is a Creative Lead at Dalberg Design...

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Sonja Kuijpers

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsCareer, Creativity, Data, Illustration, Methodology, Social Networks, Storytelling, Visual Thinking

Sonja Kuijpers runs STUDIO TERP, her one-woman information graphics studio based in...

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Crystal Szabo

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Information Architecture, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCreativity, Innovation, Leadership, SEO, Taxonomy, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Crystal serves as the website user advocate....

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Toni Brown

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Social Networks, Storytelling, Web & Mobile

Toni S. Brown is a versatile Brand Strategist, Creative Director, Speaker, &...

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Ashley Doucette

DisciplinesArt, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Product Design

TopicsCreativity, Design Systems, Illustration, Innovation, Storytelling, Visual Thinking

IndustryTechnology

Ashley Doucette is a Digital Product Design leader with 15+ years of experience....

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Kavita Singh

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Information Architecture, User Experience

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Management & Strategy, Methodology, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Kavita works in the interdisciplinary field of web strategy at NVIDIA. She leverages...

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Wendy Hunt

DisciplinesBrand, Graphic Design

TopicsCreativity, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Innovation

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Marketing

Wendy Hunt is a freelance artist, graphic designer, illustrator, free-range thinker....

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Maryann Wangari

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Research

TopicsDesign Thinking

IndustryTechnology

Maryann is a Senior Design Research and Product Design consultant based in Nairobi....

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Daniela Busse

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsDesign Strategy

Award-winning ExperLeader in Product and Experience Design, Research, and Innovation....

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Kim West

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsCommunication, Creativity, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Teamwork, Visual Thinking

Kim West, Creative Dir. of ALTR Studio, an independent, women-run graphic design studio....

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Erin Casali

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Interaction Design, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience

TopicsCommunication, Community, Creativity, Design Strategy, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Methodology, Teamwork

Erin is a a Sr Design Director with a passion for scaling effective product organizations....

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Ashley Pinakiewicz

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Innovation, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Social Innovation, Teamwork

IndustriesEducation, Nonprofit

Ashley Pinakiewicz is a facilitator, design thinker, and educator passionate about...

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Sheba Najmi

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Thinking, Social Innovation

IndustriesGovernment, Nonprofit

UX Design & Civic Tech...

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Amy Vainieri

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCareer, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Typography, Web & Mobile

A graphic design leader with expertise in Design Systems, DesignOps, and User Experience....

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Bekah Marcum

DisciplinesGraphic Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Storytelling

IndustryTechnology

Bekah Marcum is a Product Designer at Instagram and founder of Black Designers of Seattle...

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Aleenah Ansari

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCareer, Creativity, Storytelling

Aleenah Ansari a writer at Microsoft, aspiring creative director, and journalist at heart....

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Ashley Doucette

DisciplinesArt, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Product Design

TopicsCreativity, Design Systems, Illustration, Innovation, Storytelling, Visual Thinking

IndustryTechnology

LocationVan Cittersstraat 53A, 3022 LH Rotterdam, Netherlands

Ashley Doucette is a Digital Product Design leader with 15+ years of experience. She's currently working with Mendix, industry leader in Low-Code, to create outstanding user experiences in their online platform. She pioneered the Mendix Design System and established a unique illustration system for the product, while building a powerful design team responsible for Community and Collaboration. Before Mendix, she worked in the startup world, crafting brand identities and apps. Coming from the fine art...

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Sadhvi Sharma

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Immersive Experience Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking

Senior Product Designer | UX Specialist | Experience Designer ...

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Ethics in 3D Spaces and VR

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAR/VR

Speaker Di Dang

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De Nichols

DisciplineImmersive Experience Design

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Installation & Curation, Social Innovation, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Government

De Nichols is a social practice designer who address racial injustices...

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Designing Products Scaling Human Experiences

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsDesign Strategy

Speaker Samihah Azim

At Girl Geek X "Elevate" conference, Samihah Azim (Product Designer, Lyft) discusses...

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Alana Washington

DisciplinesBusiness, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Data, Diversity & Inclusion, Service Design, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Technology

Alana Washington is a design leader, strategist, and researcher. Currently, she’s a...

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Content Strategy for Slow Experiences

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCommunication, Storytelling

Speaker Margot Bloomstein

Online experiences can be fast, efficient, easy, orderly—and sometimes, that’s a...

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Vivian Acquah

DisciplinesArchitecture, Brand, Business, Content Strategy, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Career, Creativity, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Storytelling, Sustainability, Teamwork

IndustryEducation

I advise organisations with keeping their employees healthy, happy & safe....

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We Can Embrace the Future of Work Right Now

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Career, Community, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Rayana Verissimo

The future of work means that we can work from wherever we want, whenever we...

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The Future of Enterprise Design

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy

Speaker Amanda Linden

In this talk, you’ll learn: – Techniques for designing enterprise UX base on...

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B. Pagels-Minor

DisciplinesBusiness, Product Management

TopicsAgile, Business Strategy, Career, Community, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Methodology, Product Development, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

B. is a native of Mississippi who relocated to the Silicon Valley in 2018 from...

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The Art of Reinvention

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCareer

Speaker Kara DeFrias

The world's a big place, with lots of exciting things to do and try. Yet as a society we pressure folks to pigeonhole themselves into silos: pick a major, choose an industry, buy a house, and settle down. Nowhere is this more true than in the world of tech and design, where there is often no clear path from UX designer or researcher to leader. But what if you want to move around, especially at work? In this talk, Kara shares three key lessons gleaned from over a decade moving seamlessly between the ...

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