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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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Samantha Berg

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsCareer, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion

Location94401

Samantha is an award-winning design leader breaking barriers to shape an industry of excellence and equity. She has 15 years of experience building and leading teams with proven success - from larger, publicly-traded tech companies to mid-sized design consulting firms to smaller, venture-backed startups. Her teams envision, create, and ship next-generation consumer products that fundamentally change the industry and empower the underrepresented. Sam is passionate about proving that teams can (and should...

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Tash Wong

DisciplinesEngineering, Interaction Design

TopicsDesign Strategy, Web & Mobile

Tash Wong is an independent product designer and Chief Coaster Officer of...

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Build Measure Learn is Broken

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Research

TopicsLean

Speaker Amanda Stockwell

The Build, Measure, Learn loop is at the center of the Lean Startup approach, which...

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Merril Cledera

DisciplinesArt, Brand, Graphic Design, Product Design

TopicsCreativity, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Product Development

IndustriesAdvertising, Arts & Entertainment, Marketing

Merril is the founder & creative director of Oden, a design studio based in New York City....

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End Design Revision Hell

DisciplinesBrand, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Communication

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Nela Dunato

Learn how to fix the biggest mistakes designers make so your concepts get accepted faster....

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Adaora Asala

DisciplinesBusiness, Product Management, User Experience, User Research

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Career, Data, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Product Development, Robotics & AI, Social Innovation

IndustriesFinance, Healthcare, Nonprofit, Technology

VP, Product & UX @ MERGE; WOC in Tech Advocate; Inclusion Innovator; Prancing Unicorn....

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The Worst Negotiating Mistakes (and how to avoid them)

DisciplinesBusiness, Graphic Design

TopicsBusiness Design, Career, Communication

IndustryMarketing

Speaker Ilise Benun

Author and national speaker, Ilise Benun, at Titanides Live in Delray Beach Florida...

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Nadyne Richmond

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAgile, Business Design, Career, Design Strategy, Leadership, Service Design

IndustryHealthcare

Nadyne leads patient and user experience at Genentech Access Solutions. Prior to...

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Design Speak – Improving the Conversations Around Design

DisciplineBrand

TopicsCommunication, Management & Strategy, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Nela Dunato

How to encourage constructive and useful feedback that will make your designs better....

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The User Experience of a Natural Disaster

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsEnvironment

Speaker Amy Silvers

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Rachel Mechanik

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Immersive Experience Design, Interaction Design

TopicsCareer, Community, Creativity, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Privilege, Storytelling, Teamwork

IndustriesEducation, Nonprofit, Technology

Learning experience designer with a passion for DEI, nonprofit work, and learning culture....

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Bias, Uncovered

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCommunication, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Leadership, Management & Strategy

Speaker Crystal Yan

Are you ready to confront bias? In this talk, you’ll be challenged to uncover your own cognitive biases and explore how understanding them can help us design for the behaviors we encounter every day. You’ll learn about three particular cognitive biases, their applications in the real world, both in technology products and organizations and outside of the technology ...

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