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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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Lola Salehu

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Business Design, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, IoT, Product Development, Web & Mobile

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education, Finance, Technology

Lola Salehu is a Product Designer, Writer and self-taught Front-end Developer from Lagos, Nigeria. She currently works at Paystack, a technology company solving payments problems for ambitious businesses in Africa. She is an advocate for inclusion and intersectionality in the tech space, as well as content-first design. She gives back to the tech community by speaking at conferences, volunteering for open-source projects and teaching design education to beginners every other weekend. She's also a...

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Katie Bingham

DisciplineDesign Operations

As a learner and a connector, Katie enjoys untangling and simplifying complex systems...

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Pretty, but not Usable

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCSS, Design Strategy, Design Systems, HTML

Speaker Stéphanie Walter

Advice to help people build a user centric product while working with a UI framework...

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Silvia Sfligiotti

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Ethics, Methodology

Graphic designer, educator, writer, somatic activist....

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Design for Inclusivity: How and Why to Get Started – SXSW Panel

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAccessibility, Diversity & Inclusion

Speaker Allison Shaw

An engaging panel on why designing for inclusion is important, and how to get started....

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Alexis Lucio

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAccessibility, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion

Alexis (she/they) is a designer focused on accessibility (a11y), equity, and inclusion....

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Accessible Thinking in your IA

DisciplinesArchitecture, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsAccessibility, Design Strategy

Speaker Anna Cook

Learn how a well-structured web experience is an essential part of accessibility and...

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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....

TalkVideoGallery

Moving from Feature Teams to Product Teams

DisciplineInteraction Design

TopicsBusiness Design, Design Strategy, Innovation, Management & Strategy

Speaker Audrey Crane

Many teams remain stuck in the "Feature Team" rut, struggling to elevate themselves...

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Remote Control: How NPR Conducts Usability Testing

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsMethodology, Web & Mobile

IndustriesNonprofit, Technology

Speaker Irene Kim

Learn about some steps you can take to make your next remote usability test go smoothly....

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Upasna Gautam

DisciplineProduct Management

TopicsCareer, Communication, Leadership, Product Development, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Upasna is the Product Manager on the Digital News Platforms team at CNN where she is...

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Why Now Is The Time to Consciously Craft Your Career Path

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsCareer, Creativity, Leadership, Management & Strategy

Speaker Roberta Dombrowski

Disconnected. Directionless. Burned out. The last few years have been a lot, and so many people are struggling. One big reason why? Everything about how we show up and do our work has changed—but for a lot of us, our definitions of ambition, success, and fulfillment haven’t. Many of us have learned that being successful is about always trying to “get ahead” or “move up.” But the truth is, these definitions are deeply personal. Sometimes what we need isn’t hitting the next rung on the career ...

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