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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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Ana Santos

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsBusiness Design, Career, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Innovation, Methodology, Service Design, Web & Mobile

LocationPorto, Portugal

Ana is a UX & Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) consultant based in Portugal who believes that we can change the web for better, one user-centered experience at a time — while working on your business and revenue goals ethically. Throughout her UX journey, Ana has lived and worked in different countries and collaborated with agencies and companies of all sizes. Ana has co-led the mobile UX initiative at Google in Portugal, helping some of the biggest companies in the country improve the...

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Tanarra Schneider

DisciplinesBusiness, Design Operations, Immersive Experience Design

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Career, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Management & Strategy, Privilege

Tanarra is a Managing Director at Accenture Interactive, leading Design in the...

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How Design Ops Can Help Foster Team Culture in Today’s Ever-Changing Work Environment

DisciplineDesign Operations

TopicsCulture, Leadership, Management & Strategy

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Rachel Posman

A conversation about building effective environments for creative work. ...

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Ida Aalen

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Social Networks, Teamwork, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Ida Aalen is Chief Product Officer & co-founder of the video conferencing startup Confrere...

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Progressive Enhancement: A mindset for designing no-code platforms

DisciplineInteraction Design

TopicsDesign Strategy, Product Development

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Liz Khoo

Find out why progressive enhancement is an imperative mindset for no-code tool creators to...

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Molly Nix

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCareer, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Robotics & AI, Service Design, Web & Mobile

IndustriesAutomotive, Technology

Molly is an Experience Design Lead at Airbnb. Previously from Uber, YouTube, & Carnegie Me...

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SVG can do that?!

DisciplinesFront-end Engineering, Motion & Animation, User Interface

TopicsJavaScript, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Sarah Drasner

SVGs, with their potential for high-quality and performant graphics, have myriad uses...

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Oonie Chase

DisciplinesBrand, Content Strategy, Immersive Experience Design, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Leadership, Service Design

Oonie Chase is a fearlessly optimistic design leader who has been crossing the...

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User Experience Design

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsStorytelling

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Ilona Posner

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Building Happy Product Teams like Heist Teams

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsTeamwork

Speaker Laura Klein

Laura Klein has been an engineer, researcher, designer, product manager and...

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Anubha Maneshwar

DisciplineFront-end Engineering

TopicsAR/VR, Business Design, Business Strategy, Career, Communication, Community, CSS, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, HTML

Anubha is 23, founder of GirlScript Foundation India. Her non profit organisation...

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Deactivate Microaggressions @ Work

DisciplinesBusiness, User Experience

TopicsDisability, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Ethics, Innovation, Leadership, Management & Strategy

IndustriesEducation, Technology

Speaker Vivian Acquah

This training is to help people understand how microaggressions undermine diversity, equity and inclusion, collaboration, decision-making, and management, and motivates them to engage in specific, effective behaviors that create more effective leaders, more productive teams, and a more inclusive organizational culture. After this workshop, the audience will be able to Define microaggressions and share examples of microaggressions in action. Describe how microaggressions are formed and the ...

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