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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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Cassie Wallender

DisciplinesProduct Design, Product Management, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Entrepreneurship, Product Development, Web & Mobile

IndustriesHealthcare, Marketing, Technology

LocationSeattle, WA, USA

Cassie Wallender specializes in B2B SaaS Product Management, UX Design Leadership, and Customer Experience. She is the head of product design and UX at Amperity, a rapidly growing, machine learning company, venture-backed by the early investors of Amazon, Facebook, LinkedIn, Spotify, Concur, Flipkart and many more. Amperity helps people use data to better serve their customers, and was recently recognized by LinkedIn as one of the top startup companies across the US and the #1 startup in...

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Lily (Lalitha) Chandrasekher

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Information Architecture, Product Design, User Research

TopicsCareer, Community, Creativity, Design Strategy

IndustryTechnology

Lily  is a user experience researcher, design strategy advocate, and educator...

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Jessica Ivins

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Interaction Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy

IndustryEducation

Jessica is a faculty member at Center Centre, the UX school in Chattanooga, TN....

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Amanda Gore

DisciplineImmersive Experience Design

TopicsBusiness Design, Communication, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Environment, Innovation, Installation & Curation, Leadership, Methodology, Social Innovation, Sustainability, Visual Thinking

IndustryArts & Entertainment

Amanda Gore is the director of The Liminal Space....

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Marie van Driessche

DisciplinesInteraction Design, User Experience

TopicsAccessibility, Communication, Culture, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustryTelecommunications

Marie's focus is to design inclusive websites for everyone....

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Design a gaming platform for kids

DisciplinesGame Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsCommunity, Creativity, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Product Development, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education, Technology

Speaker Carina Ngai

Gaming is a new medium where kids explore different identities via avatars and social play...

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How to Use an Ideas Folder

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsCommunication

IndustriesAdvertising, Marketing

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How to using a dedicated folder for ideas. This can help you with any large effort,...

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Christina Beard

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsDesign Strategy, Leadership

IndustryHealthcare

A deep interest in solving real problems for real people inspired Christina to step...

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A different perspective — Inclusive Design in Augmented Reality

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAR/VR, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Product Development

IndustriesEducation, Technology

EventIXDA Interaction

Speaker Carina Ngai

When Blippar decided on a target audience for their Augmented Reality (AR) product, I ran an elaborate research study to learn about young people’s perspectives on technology. Because AR was a visual bias technology, I was curious what the blind community thought of it. We ended up partnering with a non-profit organization for visually impaired youths. Inspired by these findings, the product design team recommended a series of new design ...

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