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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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Jenny Rankin, Ph.D.

DisciplinesData Science, Graphic Design, User Research

TopicsCommunication, Data, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Leadership, Storytelling

IndustriesEducation, Technology

LocationLaguna Beach, CA, USA

Dr. Jenny Grant Rankin has taught how to best share research findings at University of Cambridge (as lecturer for the Post Doc Masterclass), the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Elsevier events, and other venues. Her 11 books relate to sharing research, gifted education, sharing data, using data, and burnout. She has a Ph.D. in Education and served as an award-winning educator and chief education & research officer. Dr. Rankin’s many media appearances include ABC...

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Alba Villamil

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Methodology

Alba Villamil is an independent User Researcher who specializes in designing for the...

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Web Accessibility Standards 101

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsAccessibility

IndustryFinance

Speaker Anna Cook

This workshop is about accessibility in digital products, what standards we are...

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Liz Ogbu

DisciplinesArchitecture, User Research

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Leadership, Social Innovation, Storytelling, Sustainability

IndustriesEducation, Government, Healthcare, Nonprofit

A designer, urbanist, and spatial justice advocate, Liz is an expert on social and spatial...

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Stop Holding Back

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCareer, Communication, Community

Speaker Stephanie Thoma

You are a driven professional with a vision for having a real impact on the...

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Josephine Wong

DisciplinesBusiness, User Experience, User Research

TopicsBusiness Design, Career, Community, Culture, Design Strategy, Leadership, Storytelling, Teamwork

IndustryEducation

Jo believes everyone is capable and responsible to insert meaning into moments that matter...

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Intersectionality and Design for Responsible AI (SXSW 2021)

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Privilege, Robotics & AI, Social Innovation

Speaker Ruth Kikin-Gil

Getting beyond the clichés of AI requires updating our approaches to design. By...

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Stacy Devino

DisciplineEngineering

TopicsAccessibility, Career, Community, Design Thinking, Innovation, IoT, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Android , IoT, Organizing, and Women in Tech speaker...

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What to Build First: Designing MVP With Scenarios

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Thinking, Innovation, Lean, Management & Strategy, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Tatiana Chernogorova

Practical implementation of Lean Business and human-oriented design principles in developm...

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Stay in the Room

DisciplineProduct Management

TopicsCareer

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Charlene Lee

Take charge and own your career! Join product leaders - from the biggest names in...

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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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Designing Customer Centered AI Experiences

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Ethics, Innovation, Robotics & AI

Speaker Samantha Starmer

Artificial Intelligence seems to be all around us, and many brands are feeling the pressure to implement AI solutions. But like with any technology, especially emergent ones that get a lot of buzz, it’s critical to let your brand and business lead the technology, not the other way around. A key way to do this is to design in a customer centered way. Samantha will talk about what this means, share some examples of consumer focused AI experiences, and will provide three principles for designing customer ...

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