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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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Svetlana Kouznetsova

DisciplinesBusiness, Front-end Engineering, Immersive Experience Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Business Strategy, Communication, Design Strategy, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Management & Strategy, Privilege, Product Development, Web & Mobile

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education, Film, Technology, Telecommunications

LocationNew York City, NY, USA

Svetlana Kouznetsova is an independent consultant and accessibility trailblazer who is deaf. She is based in the NYC area. Sveta has worked with businesses for over 10 years to make their web, media, and events usable and accessible to the world's largest and the most ignored minority of 1.85 billion disabled people. She has an MS degree in Internet Technology and over 20 years of professional expertise in design, tech, and accessibility. Sveta is also a founder of Audio Accessibility and provides...

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Katel LeDû

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsCareer, Community, Storytelling

Katel LeDû is the CEO of A Book Apart helping tech community members become successful!...

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Information Architecture for Science Gateways

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, User Research

TopicsAccessibility

IndustriesEducation, Technology

Speaker Noreen Whysel

Accessibility audit of life sciences gateways at CUNY City Tech October 2020....

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Sonal Shintre

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsCreativity

Sonal Gadre-Shintre is an award-winning graphic designer and founder...

TalkGallery

The Power of Women-Centric Design

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy

Speaker Mansi Gupta

Learn the basics of Women-Centric Design to actively and intentionally design for women....

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Emily Cohen

DisciplinesBusiness, Design Operations, Graphic Design, Industrial Design

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Communication, Culture, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Teamwork

IndustryArts & Entertainment

Emily Cohen, Founder & Partner at Casa Davka, is a no-nonsense business...

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Bias, Uncovered

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCommunication, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Leadership, Management & Strategy

Speaker Crystal Yan

Are you ready to confront bias? In this talk, you’ll be challenged to uncover your...

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Laura Creekmore

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Information Architecture

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Communication, Design Strategy, Taxonomy

IndustriesHealthcare, Marketing, Retail

Content strategist and information architect for healthcare, retail, other fields...

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Operationalize Service Design

DisciplineDesign Operations

TopicsService Design

Speaker changying (Z) Zheng

Utilize service design methods, processes, and tools for DesignOps How to choose if...

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Design For Change: Sprinting Away From Poop

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsAccessibility, Culture, Social Innovation

IndustryHealthcare

Speaker Nidhi Jalwal

Consider yourself lucky if you have a toilet at your home, because one in three...

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Kathya Acuna

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Sales

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Creativity, Culture, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion

Kathya Acuña is a business strategist with a passion for human-centered storytelling....

TalkGallery

Tiny Tweaks for a Big Boost: Supercharge Your Ecom Store

DisciplineFront-end Engineering

TopicsWeb & Mobile

IndustryRetail

Speaker Tanya Malan

Not all massively-impactful changes have to be huge. In this eye-opening session, Tanya Malan will teach you how to make small design tweaks that have an epic impact on your ecom store. You'll understand why continuous optimization is more beneficial than big bets, even if you've heard the opposite. Finally, Tanya will give you her proven roadmap to success that you can follow ...

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