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Yadvi Maheshwari

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsAccessibility, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Visual Thinking

Hello đź‘‹ 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 MĂ©ndez

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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Courtney Leonard

DisciplinesBrand, Graphic Design, Interaction Design

TopicsAccessibility, Communication, Creativity, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Illustration

IndustryArts & Entertainment

LocationAustin, Texas, USA

Courtney is a senior brand designer at Vox Media and previously worked as a senior interactive designer at nclud, a DC-based agency. She has worked on visual design systems for podcasts, conferences, national tour events and rebrands such as The Verge and SB Nation. Courtney also spends time mentoring new designers with DesignLab, coaching them through UX research and visual design...

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Alexis Kraus

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsData, Design Strategy, Disability, Storytelling

IndustryTechnology

Alexis is a product designer working in the B2B software space. She has cross-over...

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Designing for Trust

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, IoT, Security

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Ame Elliott

“I’m really excited about privacy and security” said no one, ever. But that’s...

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Sarah Johnson

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsDesign Strategy

Sarah Johnson is an Assoc. Sr. Manager of Content Strategy at CVS and teaches content...

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Ashley Doucette

DisciplinesArt, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Product Design

TopicsCreativity, Design Systems, Illustration, Innovation, Storytelling, Visual Thinking

IndustryTechnology

Ashley Doucette is a Digital Product Design leader with 15+ years of experience....

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Designing for Bots

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Robotics & AI

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Adopting a solid design process is tricky and uncomfortable for a lot of tech...

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Jessie Marman

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsDesign Systems, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Web & Mobile

IndustriesAerospace, Technology

As a product designer, Jessie’s experiences span from working with small startups...

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Sensi Graves

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCommunication, Entrepreneurship, Leadership

IndustryFashion

Professional kiteboarder. Confidence expert. Women's empowerment speaker....

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Decisions Considered Harmful

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy

Speaker Anna Harrison

Developing software that exhibits flexibility of choice to the end user is considered best-practice: we’ll make it configurable, and let the user decide. Right? Wrong. In an era where Experiences are coveted more highly than Products, and users are overloaded with choice and burnt-out from decision fatigue, the worst possible coding choice that you can make is to gift the user with options. In this example-packed presentation, we show how limiting choice and reducing features can add value to your next ...

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