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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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Catherine Dubut

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsCareer, Data, Design Strategy, Product Development, Service Design, Web & Mobile

IndustriesMarketing, Retail, Technology

LocationSeattle, WA, USA

Catherine is Manager of User Experience Strategy on the CX team at Samsung Electronics America. She previously designed data software for the public sector and government agencies at Socrata (now part of Tyler Technologies). At REI, Catherine worked on the mobile POS system for physical retail employees, the e-commerce site’s online accounts, and marketing campaigns such as the award-winning Force of Nature. Prior to REI, Catherine was primarily a user researcher, working on Intuit's 5-star iOS app Snap...

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Lauryn Morris

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Industrial Design, Product Design

TopicsAR/VR, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Innovation, Product Development, Regenerative Design, Sustainability

IndustriesAutomotive, Fashion, Technology

Lauryn was named one of Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business in 2017....

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Change Management in DesignOps

DisciplineDesign Operations

TopicsLeadership, Management & Strategy

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Rachel Posman

Panel presentation and discussion with Friends of Figma. ...

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Parul Wadhwa

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Motion & Animation, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsAR/VR, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Storytelling, Visual Thinking

IndustryArts & Entertainment

XR Creator...

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Data, Beauty and Action

DisciplinesArt, Back-end Engineering, Engineering, Front-end Engineering

TopicsCulture, Data

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education, Technology

Speaker Omayeli Arenyeka

Gallatin seniors share inspiring stories that developed from their academic...

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Chimmy Kalu

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAccessibility, Career, Communication, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Storytelling, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Chimmy is a UX designer focused on creating accessible, usable and delightful products....

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The Unfulfilled IoT Promise: Trials & Tribulations

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, IoT

Speaker Lola Oyelayo

Why you won’t be working on a wearable or IoT project for a while. I will share our...

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Christine Park

DisciplinesGame Design, Immersive Experience Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsAR/VR, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Innovation, IoT, Product Development, Voice UI, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Design leader, strategist, author of bestselling “Designing Across Senses,” O’Reilly Media...

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Accessibility in the Zendesk Design System

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAccessibility, Design Systems

Speaker Allison Shaw

Allison is a lead product designer at Zendesk, focused on design systems and accessibility...

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Amplify Cultural Awareness In The Workplace

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCareer, Communication, Community, Diversity & Inclusion, Sustainability, Teamwork

Speaker Vivian Acquah

This workshop will provide you with tools to help your team overcome cultural differences....

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Jessica Bantom

DisciplinesBusiness, Interior Design

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion

Jessica Bantom is a DEIB & interior design consultant and author of Design for Identity....

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Redesign Growth

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Culture, Innovation

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Louisa Heinrich

The prioritization of growth above all else, coupled with the belief that technology can (or even should) solve all our problems, has led us to some pretty unsustainable places – individually, socially, economically and politically. Taking a bit of time and digging deeper to understand the less obvious patterns and movements at work in our world can help us to find more sustainable, innovative solutions to the challenges we ...

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