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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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Kalina Tyrkiel

DisciplinesContent Strategy, User Experience

TopicsAccessibility, Business Design, Career, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Service Design, Storytelling, Taxonomy, Teamwork

IndustriesHealthcare, Technology

Content designer by trade, psychologist by training, UX writing consultant, trainer, and lecturer (AGH University of Science and Technology, Tischner European University, Hyper Island, SWPS University). Currently working at Docplanner, a health-tech company. Based in Kraków, Poland, available...

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Carine Lallemand

DisciplinesInteraction Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Thinking, Ethics, Methodology

Assistant Professor in UX design and author of a best-selling handbook on UX methods...

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Network Virtually with Total Confidence

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCareer, Communication, Community

Speaker Stephanie Thoma

Bringing exclusive and often unlisted opportunities to you through networking takes...

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Liz Jackson

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Fashion

TopicsAccessibility, Design Strategy, Disability

IndustryArts & Entertainment

Liz Jackson is a diability advocate turned designer....

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Toward Research Literacy

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsMethodology

Speaker Veronica Erb

Research isn’t a set of methods. It’s our dynamic process for understanding. In...

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Ashley Worobec

DisciplinesArt, Brand, Business, Graphic Design

TopicsCreativity, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Management & Strategy, Methodology, Regenerative Design, Social Innovation, Sustainability

Ashley Worobec is a multidisciplinary designer and strategist for systems change,...

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Bytes of Good Live

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Ethics

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Kat Zhou

Kat Zhou hosts a workshop with the Bytes of Good Live community....

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Cynthia Juma Welinga

DisciplinesBack-end Engineering, Data Science

TopicsEthics

IndustriesFinance, Technology

Cynthia is a software engineer based in New York City working as a backend engineer....

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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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Reboot Your Team

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsBusiness Design, Teamwork

Speaker Christina Wodtke

Opening #mtpcon in San Francisco, Christina Wodtke turned our focus to our teams....

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Natalie Hanson

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsAgile, Business Strategy, Career, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Lean, Product Development

IndustryTechnology

Natalie Hanson is a Principal and partner at ZS, where she built and now leads the...

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The Embedded Researcher: Integrating Research into the Design Process

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsCommunity, Design Strategy

EventO'Reilly

Speaker Amy Silvers

Too often, user research is treated as an item on a checklist rather than a continuous driver of insights. This talk covers ways to ensure that research findings are carried through to designs and ...

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