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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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Jasmine Patel

DisciplinesGraphic Design, User Experience

TopicsAgile, Career, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Web & Mobile

IndustriesAdvertising, Government, Marketing, Nonprofit

Jasmine Patel is the Vice President of Design at Forum One where she leads a talented team of 10 specializing in UX design and research, brand strategy and implementation, and visual design. Forum One is known for engaging design that reinforces the mission of each of their impact-driven partners. Jasmine's focus on human-centered practices, DesignOps and Design Thinking allows her to work across teams to challenge, experiment, and innovate in design and user experience. Prior to joining Forum One,...

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Vanessa Grant

DisciplinesBusiness, Information Architecture, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Career, Community, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Product Development

IndustryTechnology

As soon Vanessa Grant hears about a process, she starts mentally optimizing it. ...

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The Haunted Mansion Ghost Post: Designing Immersion Beyond Location

DisciplinesArt, Interaction Design, Product Design

TopicsStorytelling

Speaker Sara Thacher

“We thought, why does the fun have to end when you leave our parks?” said Sara...

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Alison Coward

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Communication, Creativity, Culture, Innovation, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Teamwork

Alison Coward is the founder of Bracket, helping teams to work better together....

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Measure & improve UX content

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Product Design

TopicsDesign Strategy, Methodology, Product Development

Speaker Torrey Podmajersky

Differentiate among types of content and learn measurement methods, with Q&A...

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Alissa Briggs

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

TopicsAgile, Business Design, Design Thinking, Leadership, Lean, Management & Strategy

IndustryTechnology

Alissa is a design leader, speaker, and coach. Currently Head of Design at PlanGrid....

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Bullshit for Designers

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsCommunication, Ethics, Management & Strategy, Storytelling, Teamwork

Speaker Andrea Neuhoff

Warning! The word b*llsh#t is extensively in this talk, luckily it's a short talk....

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Dana Chisnell

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Service Design

IndustriesGovernment, Nonprofit

Dana, Co-Executive Director of the Center for Civic Design, is a pioneer in civic design....

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Interview: Emily Lewis Discusses Microformats

DisciplineFront-end Engineering

TopicsHTML

Speaker Emily Lewis

Author Emily Lewis discusses microformats and semantics at the Voices That Matter:...

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The Art of Reinvention

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCareer

Speaker Kara DeFrias

The world's a big place, with lots of exciting things to do and try. Yet as a society...

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Katerina Skroumpelou

DisciplineFront-end Engineering

TopicsCSS, JavaScript, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Katerina is a front-end developer at Upstream. In the past she worked with web maps...

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Organization Design for Design Organizations: Building & Managing In-House Teams

DisciplineDesign Operations

TopicsDesign Systems, Leadership, Management & Strategy

Speaker Kristin Skinner

As organizations continue to establish and mature their in-house design teams, it turns out there’s very little common wisdom on what makes for a successful design organization. Books and presentations tend to focus on process, methods, tools, and outcomes, leaving a gap of knowledge when it comes to organizational and operational matters. In this talk, Kristin will share her personal experience as a design leader who is driven by the challenge of organizational design in the Smart, Fast, and ...

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