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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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Cynthia Pong

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCareer, Communication, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management & Strategy

LocationNew York, NY, USA

Cynthia Pong, JD, is an award-winning career strategist, speaker, and author of Don't Stay in Your Lane: The Career Change Guide for Women of Color. An NYU-trained lawyer turned feminist career coach, she founded her company, Embrace Change, in order to get women of color the money, power, and respect that they deserve. In 2021, Cynthia created and launched the Embrace Change Leadership Accelerator (a leadership certification program that was fully funded...

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Hope Armstrong

DisciplinesArt, Brand, Front-end Engineering, Graphic Design, Product Design, User Interface

TopicsCareer, CSS, Illustration, Sustainability, Web & Mobile

IndustriesEducation, Nonprofit, Technology

A senior product designer with illustration and web development skills....

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Meeting at the Intersection of Content Strategy and UX Design

DisciplinesContent Strategy, User Experience

TopicsTeamwork

Speaker Marli Mesibov

Let’s talk about content strategy. Let’s talk about UX design. Let’s talk about...

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Samantha Cauthen

DisciplinesBusiness, Content Strategy

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Management & Strategy

IndustryTechnology

COO of Poll Everywhere leading people strategy and engagement, previously with McKinsey...

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Innovate or Die: How to stay relevant in the age of disruption.

DisciplineImmersive Experience Design

TopicsInnovation

Speaker Lisa deBettencourt

Technology is taking over the way we do business, interacting with each other, and...

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Lisa Maria Marquis

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Information Architecture, User Experience

TopicsAccessibility, Career, Communication, Design Thinking, Ethics, Taxonomy

IndustryTechnology

Lisa Maria Marquis is an information architect and content strategist specializing in...

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Unraveling the Links Between Design and Policing

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCommunity, Data, Disability, Environment, Ethics, Policy, Security, Social Networks

Speaker Sarah Fathallah

Digital tracking and profiling, personalizing users’ experience, monitoring their...

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Deana McDonagh

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Thinking, Disability, Innovation

IndustryEducation

Empathic Design Research Strategist who focuses on enhancing quality of life for all....

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Dynamic/MTL Vol. 10 – Stand up!

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Social Innovation, Social Networks

Speaker Jennifer Daniel

Recent elections and referendum results throughout Europe and North America have got...

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Go Beyond

DisciplineImmersive Experience Design

TopicsAccessibility, Diversity & Inclusion

Speaker Glenda Watson Hyatt

Glenda Watson Hyatt shares a life changing fear in this amazing...

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Christine Park

DisciplinesGame Design, Immersive Experience Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsAR/VR, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Innovation, IoT, Product Development, Voice UI, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Design leader, strategist, author of bestselling “Designing Across Senses,” O’Reilly Media...

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Workshop – Cognitive Biases

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsCommunication, Creativity, Design Strategy

Speaker Stéphanie Walter

In this UX in Lux workshop, we explore a list of different cognitive biases to see how they might influence user's behaviour and how some sites use them to trick users into making decisions. Cognitive biases are psychological thought mechanisms and tendencies that cause the human brain to draw incorrect conclusions. For better or worse, you can use them in many different ways to influence user behaviour in your products and services. These biases will also impact collaboration between team members ...

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