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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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Aleksandra Melnikova

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCreativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Methodology, Service Design

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education, Technology

Aleksandra Melnikova is running her own Inclusive Design studio Cosmic Velocity, focussing on doing inclusive research, creating accessible products and services, as well as training design teams. Previously Head of Experience design / Experience Lead at leading London Design agencies: Foolproof, Bio Agency, Radley Yeldar, Publicis Poke and Inviqa [Webcredible]. Her client list spans cultures, continents and problem spaces. Aleks has delivered successful digital experiences and services for the likes...

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Kim Crayton

DisciplinesEngineering, Front-end Engineering

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Privilege

IndustriesEducation, Technology

Kim is a technology business strategist and founder of the #causeascene Movement: the...

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Moving from Feature Teams to Product Teams

DisciplineInteraction Design

TopicsBusiness Design, Design Strategy, Innovation, Management & Strategy

Speaker Audrey Crane

Many teams remain stuck in the "Feature Team" rut, struggling to elevate themselves...

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Tomomi Sasaki

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Research

TopicsAgile, Business Design, Culture, Innovation, Leadership

IndustryTechnology

Tomomi is a partner at the Tokyo and Paris based design studio AQ....

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Don’t Worry, Be Scrappy

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsAgile, Culture, Design Thinking, Innovation

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Amy Chenault

Sometimes it takes a whole lot of awful to make something awesome. By persevering and...

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Elizabeth Resnick

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsCommunication, Culture, Installation & Curation, Typography

IndustryEducation

Elizabeth Resnick, Graphic Design Educator, Curator, Published Author...

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The User Experience of a Natural Disaster

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsEnvironment

Speaker Amy Silvers

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Brooke Baldwin

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Research

TopicsCareer, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Methodology, Product Development

IndustryTechnology

With over 18 years’ experience as a UX researcher and designer, Brooke has worked...

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Trust, Transparency, and Tarot Cards: Envisioning Outcomes to Build Better Products

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Thinking, Ethics, Innovation, Methodology

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Sheryl Cababa

Instead of “move fast and break things,” it’s time to slow down & ask the right questions....

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Toward a More Perfect Union: Marrying User Research and Data Science for Human-Centered AI Design

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsAR/VR, Data, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Ethics

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Ovetta Sampson

Learn how to marry user research and data science to design ethical AI products. ...

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Casandra Laskowski

DisciplinesData Science, Information Architecture, User Experience

TopicsAccessibility, Data, Design Thinking, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Social Innovation, Storytelling, Teamwork

IndustryEducation

Cas Laskowski is the Technology & Empirical Services Librarian at the University...

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Scalable Design Systems with Sketch

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsDesign Systems

Speaker Laura Van Doore

Design Systems have reached peak popularity. It seems that every design team has either built one, is building one, or wants to build one. With the release of the incredible Nested Symbols feature followed by Sketch Libraries just a few months ago, Sketch has emerged as an essential part of the Design System workflow. In this talk we will be covering: • Best of breed Design Systems out in the wild • Demo of the Design System from FathomHQ • Exploring essential Sketch plugins & tools for a ...

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