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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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Micha Goebig

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCareer

LocationSeattle, WA, USA

The founder & CEO of GO BIG COACHING, Micha Goebig primarily helps female professionals and founders in tech and other male-dominated spaces lead with confidence. She guides clients through her 5-step confidence framework as well as through unlearning what holds them back, most often negative self-talk, impostor syndrome, perfectionism, self-sabotage, and people-pleasing. Micha is a public speaker, certified coach and published author. She is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council as well as the lead...

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Meredith Black

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Product Design

TopicsCareer, Communication, Community, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Teamwork

Meredith is the co-founder of DesignOps Assembly and former Head of DesignOps at Pinterest...

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Style Guide for Consistent User Experience

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Systems, Web & Mobile

Speaker Kavitha Krishnan

Best practices for creating and maintaining style guide to create consistent...

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Kara TerraLupa

DisciplinesArchitecture, Landscape Architecture

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Environment, Leadership, Regenerative Design, Sustainability

Kara is a practising architect and an advocate for ecological regeneration in the U.K....

TalkVideoSlides

(French) Aidez-moi à remplir vos formulaires mobile !

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy

Speaker Stéphanie Walter

Best practice on how to make forms more user friendly...

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Maria Teresa Stella

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCareer, Communication, Design Thinking, Methodology

IndustriesFinance, Marketing, Technology

Senior UX Designer for B2B | UX Mentor | Speaker...

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What I Didn’t Know I Didn’t Know About Freelancing

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCareer, Communication

Speaker Alisa Bonsignore

Presumably, you’re considering self-employment because you’re good at what you...

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Kim Goodwin

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Interaction Design, Product Management, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Healthcare, Technology

Kim Goodwin is the author of the bestselling book, Designing for the Digital Age. Kim...

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Bankrupting Gamification – When a Method Becomes Mythologised

DisciplineGame Design

TopicsDesign Strategy

Speaker Karen Cham

I have 23 years experience in human centred digital transformation design; I design...

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Creating Great Customer Experiences within Agile Development

DisciplineImmersive Experience Design

TopicsAgile, Business Design, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Service Design

Speaker Samantha Starmer

Discusses how to design and develop customer centered experiences within an agile...

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Madonnalisa Chan

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, User Experience

TopicsCommunity

IndustryTechnology

Madonnalisa Chan has been involved in the IA/UX community for close to 20 years, from...

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Toward Emotionally Intelligent Design

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsCulture

IndustryTechnology

EventWorld IA Day

Speaker Pamela Pavliscak

We know what makes most people click, but we don’t know as much about how they feel. Feeling is as important as form and function, and yet emotion isn’t always part of the design process. How do we do we move beyond solving problems to recognizing the rich emotional texture of our relationship with technology? This talk draws on the hallmarks of emotional intelligence—perceiving, understanding, communicating, and managing—to create a meaningful approach for emotional design that moves beyond ...

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