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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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Stacey Mendez

DisciplinesIndustrial Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Career, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, IoT, Leadership, Methodology, Storytelling, Teamwork

IndustriesEducation, Technology, Telecommunications

LocationLondon, UK

Stacey is a global-minded citizen, adventure seeker and design leader, bringing 15+ years of academic study and rich diverse skills & expertise to organizations that value innovation, design strategy, and creativity. She has a passion for using design as a tool to solve business challenges, create what’s next, improve people’s lives, or build new innovative companies. Throughout her career, she has contributed to a broad variety of design activities, led multidiscipline design teams,...

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Angela Pham

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCareer, Communication, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Leadership, Product Development, Voice UI, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Angela Pham is a storyteller, strategist and UX writer at Facebook....

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Change Management in DesignOps

DisciplineDesign Operations

TopicsLeadership, Management & Strategy

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Rachel Posman

Panel presentation and discussion with Friends of Figma. ...

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Cathy Pearl

DisciplineUser Interface

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Robotics & AI, Voice UI

IndustryTechnology

Cathy Pearl is Head of Conversation Design Outreach at Google, and the author of the...

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Content: The Overlooked User Experience

DisciplinesContent Strategy, User Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Brittney Urich

This talk explores the importance of integrating content strategy into UX design....

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Elizabeth Alli

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAccessibility, Business Strategy, Career, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Methodology, Product Development

IndustriesEducation, Technology

Elizabeth is a senior product designer, teacher and founder of DesignerUp School...

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Designing Your Way Through Failure

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCareer, Leadership

Speaker Sara Ortloff Khoury

How do you use design to not just benefit business but help you master your own...

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Souzan Bachir

DisciplineSales

TopicsCareer, Entrepreneurship

Souzan Bachir is credentialed by International Coach federation (ICF) as a...

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Ethics in 3D Spaces and VR

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAR/VR

Speaker Di Dang

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The Importance of Representation: Panel discussion at City Tech

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsDesign Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion

Speaker Sabrina Hall

Please join the B.F.A. in Communication Design for a panel discussion on the...

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Berta Medina-Garcia

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Culture, Entrepreneurship

Berta Medina-Garcia is a rare breed of speaker and coach – by infusing "classic"...

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Everything’s in Progress: Our Quest for Good Work and Happiness

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsBusiness Design, Career, Innovation, Typography, Web & Mobile

IndustryArts & Entertainment

Speaker Lizy Gershenzon

Lessons I’ve learned about designing, building, launching, and growing three products. With my partner and husband, as well as some friends we have bootstrapped ideas we believe in and launched them in to the world. It is a long and challenging road. We’ve gotten smarter each ...

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