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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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Rachel Price

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCareer, Communication, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Methodology, Taxonomy, Teamwork

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Technology

LocationSeattle, WA, USA

Rachel Price is an information architect and user researcher. With a background in information science and jazz saxophone (eventually they do intersect), she focuses on crafting thoughtfully structured information environments informed by the human experience. She is currently a Senior Information Architect for Microsoft, applying IA principles at scale to a substantial compendium of developer documentation. Rachel is also an educator at the School of Visual Concepts in Seattle, Washington, a speaker,...

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Morag Johnston

DisciplinesBusiness, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCareer, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Management & Strategy

IndustryTechnology

Morag Johnston has a love of building teams who are passionate about delivering exceptiona...

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Bridging The Gap — Produce and Communicate Design Decisions to Developers

DisciplinesEngineering, Front-end Engineering, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCSS, Design Strategy, Design Systems, HTML, Methodology, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Rayana Verissimo

How designers can understand technical constraints and help developers understand design....

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Laura Van Doore

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Interaction Design, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Leadership, Teamwork

Head of Product Design @ Fathom...

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Your Biggest Rival is Your Best Asset

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Leadership, Teamwork

Speaker Rochelle King

In our jobs, family life, and social circles, conflict is difficult to manage. In...

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Carolyn Embry

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking

Carolyn is a curious digital designer who uses qualitative and quantitative data to...

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Story Secrets for Understanding and Communicating

DisciplineInteraction Design

TopicsCareer, Communication, Storytelling

Speaker Christina Wodtke

Are you making arguments with cold hard facts and failing? Have you heard that story...

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Anna Abovyan

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Innovation, Management & Strategy, Robotics & AI, Voice UI

IndustryHealthcare

As a User Experience Manager at M*Modal, a speech technology company in Pittsburgh,...

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Food to Feed the World

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsInnovation, Social Innovation, Storytelling, Sustainability

Speaker Lara Hanlon

What is a delicacy? Something fowl to one might be appetising to another but more...

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Evaluating the ROI of UX for your Business

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy

Speaker Jill DaSilva

Jill DaSilva explains how you can evaluate the ROI on your investment in UX research...

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Courtney Leonard

DisciplinesBrand, Graphic Design, Interaction Design

TopicsAccessibility, Communication, Creativity, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Illustration

IndustryArts & Entertainment

Courtney is a senior brand designer at Vox Media and UX Academy mentor at DesignLab....

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How Sharing Power Builds Power

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsCulture, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Management & Strategy

Speaker Dianne Que

What is power and how does it show up in our daily lives as designers? When is it generative? When is it destructive? What happens in organizations when we upend traditional power structures and give away power, instead? What happens when we share power with those who’ve historically been excluded from it? What happens when we center BIPOC power and excellence? In this honest and energizing conversation, Dianne Que, Timothy Bardlavens, and Charlene Martinez discuss how they experience and share ...

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