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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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Tina Gada

DisciplinesEngineering, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsAccessibility, Career, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustriesFinance, Retail, Technology

I’m Tina Gada ( She/ Her ) Sr. Ux/Ui Designer from Dallas, passionate to enhance the experience for users in FinTech Industry. I've ~5 years of experience in the UX industry with an M.A in Human-Computer Interaction. My research Identify and Remove Digital Friction in the customer journey. I involve developers and business partners throughout the process to understand the scope and limitations of the project without compromising usability & customer pain points. I thrive to provide users the...

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Nela Dunato

DisciplinesArt, Brand, Graphic Design

TopicsCareer, Communication, Creativity, Design Strategy, Illustration, Typography, Visual Thinking

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education, Marketing, Nonprofit

Brand designer & strategist, author of the book “The Human Centered Brand”...

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Inclusive content, ethical tech, and you

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsDiversity & Inclusion, Ethics

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Sara Wachter-Boettcher

Sara Wachter-Boettcher takes a look at how the tech industry’s culture has led to...

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Sheryl Cababa

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsDiversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Methodology, Social Innovation, Social Networks

IndustryTechnology

Sheryl Cababa, design strategist, is focused on design and systems thinking....

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Building Culture of Inclusion: Values, Virtues, Emotion & Environment

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCulture, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership

Speaker Alexia Georghiou

Culture, Inclusion, Fairness, Belonging, Diversity, Equity...

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Julia Khusainova

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Systems

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Technology

Julia currently works as an Experience Designer at Airbnb. Previously she led design...

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Commitment : Creative Mornings Dublin

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCommunication, Community, Creativity, Culture, Entrepreneurship, Environment

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Nonprofit

Speaker Lara Hanlon

Lara Hanlon tackles the theme of commitment with regards to her own creative work and...

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Minjun Chen

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsCareer, Design Thinking

Minjun is a UX designer at Amazon, working on growth and engagement for Prime...

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Ramblings of a Designer: Episode 91

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Information Architecture, User Experience

TopicsCareer, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Natalie Dunbar

Ramblings of a Designer Podcast Ep 91, feat. Natalie Dunbar, Enterprise Content Strategist...

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Experience Design, Beyond the screens

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsCreativity, Design Thinking

Speaker Stacey Mendez

“Designing user experiences is tough. Especially when they go beyond the digital...

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Sandra Meek

DisciplinesBrand, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCareer, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking

IndustryEducation

Product designer at FutureLearn....

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Weird Side Projects

DisciplineArt

TopicsCommunication, Culture, Social Networks, Storytelling

EventEyeo Festival

Speaker April Soetarman

In 2016, April started actively creating a series of seemingly random one-offs, such as @FoodRomanceBot, a Twitterbot that writes food-themed romance novel excerpts, (mis)fortune cookies that say things like “She never really loved you” and quietly encouraging guerilla street signs – somehow they all turned out to be surprisingly related. Hear how these “weird side projects” ended up helping her address some messy human feelings, and how they actually helped her overall health and well-being as ...

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