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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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Amanda Obidike

DisciplinesBusiness, Data Science, Engineering

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Career, Community, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership, Policy, Social Innovation

IndustriesEducation, Nonprofit, Technology

Amanda Obidike is an accomplished non-profit leader and Data Scientist with 10 years experience in directing social enterprises, start-ups and complex organizations in Africa, Europe and MENA Nations. She is the General Manager of the Sir Emeka Okwuosa Foundation. Her role at SEOF combines her passion for social innovation, youth development, reform in education curriculum, technology, and building new programs. She holds a Masters in Business Management from IBMI, Berlin and Certification in Economic...

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Aadhya Krishna

DisciplinesIndustrial Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsCreativity, Design Thinking, Innovation, Service Design, Sustainability

Aadhya is an award winning product/experience designer and innovation evangelist from...

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From Superhero to Zero

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsLeadership

Speaker Whitney Hess

Whitney is a well-known user experience coach who works with leaders worldwide to...

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Katie Swindler

DisciplineUser Experience

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

IndustryMarketing

Katie leads the experience strategy for Allstate online marketing products....

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Designing the Pivot

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Systems, Innovation

Speaker Julia Khusainova

Many companies hit a crucial moment when they realize that the future of their...

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Nikita T. Mitchell

DisciplinesBrand, Business

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Community, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Social Innovation, Storytelling, Sustainability

IndustryTechnology

Nikita T. Mitchell is an infinitely curious business strategist, speaker, and writer. ...

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Wonder Women Joining Forces

DisciplinesBusiness, Design Operations

TopicsAccessibility, Community, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership

Speaker Bronwen Rees

After Hours : The Uncensored Edition 3 — Wonder Women Joining Forces...

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Carolyn Ayers

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCommunity

IndustryNonprofit

Carolyn Ayers is on a mission to help entrepreneurs, women and men change their lives....

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Micro//Macro Innovation

DisciplineArt

TopicsInnovation

IndustryTechnology

Speaker JD Sassaman

What and why the work at Autodesk’s Pier 9 Workshop is changing the way we think...

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Designing a culture of design

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Culture, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Service Design, Teamwork

Speaker Tanya Snook

Learn how we designed a culture change in which design became part of our culture....

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Eriol Fox

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAR/VR, Career, Community, Culture, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Social Innovation, Web & Mobile

IndustriesNonprofit, Technology

Eriol (they/them) is a human rights centred designer working in Humanitarian open source....

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Secrets of Great UX: Keyhole Impact for Better Product Experiences

DisciplinesContent Strategy, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Communication, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Management & Strategy, Product Development

IndustriesTechnology, Telecommunications

Speaker Ilona Posner

All product teams have good intentions, but some products still end up failing users. So what can we do about it? In this lightning talk, Ilona Posner introduces the keyhole metaphor and its war stories. Learn how to communicate to senior management the pitfalls of making assumptions, taking short cuts, and proceeding ‘as planned’ without applying better insights to maximize the user experience. Ilona discusses: Why products fail when we forget our users What tools will prepare you to deliver ...

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