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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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Lauryn Morris

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Industrial Design, Product Design

TopicsAR/VR, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Innovation, Product Development, Regenerative Design, Sustainability

IndustriesAutomotive, Fashion, Technology

LocationLos Angeles, CA, USA

Named as one of Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business, 2017, Lauryn has designed and developed physical and digital products including several years focused on wearable technology/ AR platforms. She holds 14 design and utility patents for her work at Snap Inc and led the Snap hardware team that was awarded with 3 Gold Cannes Lions awards in Product Design and Design in 2017. Currently on sabbatical, Lauryn has been studying the compounding global issues of the antiquated linear economy and...

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Molly Wright Steenson

DisciplinesArchitecture, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCommunication, Robotics & AI

IndustriesEducation, Technology

Molly Wright Steenson is a designer, author, professor, and international speaker...

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Shaping the Customer Experience

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Interface

TopicsCommunication

Speaker Bibiana Nunes

In this talk, Bibiana explains what parts of the shopping experience she was able to...

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Lara Fedoroff

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Innovation, Methodology, Product Development

IndustryTechnology

Lara Fedoroff is the Director of Product Strategy at Philosophie, a design and...

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Experience Design, Beyond the screens

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsCreativity, Design Thinking

Speaker Stacey Mendez

“Designing user experiences is tough. Especially when they go beyond the digital...

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Saleena Beharry

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAccessibility, Design Systems

I’m a designer who can code & a developer who can design. I draw kinship from...

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Daring in the Digital: Challenges and Opportunities for Technologies in the Public Realm

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsCulture, Innovation

IndustriesGovernment, Technology

Speaker Genevieve Gaudet

What makes technology successful in the public realm? Panel at the APA NYC...

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Nadia Udalova

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsAgile, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership

IndustryTechnology

Nadia supports organizations in building and optimizing design teams....

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When to say “no” to Community

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCommunity

Speaker Rachael Silvano

As community professionals, we’re practically allergic to saying ‘no’ and will...

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Data, Beauty and Action

DisciplinesArt, Back-end Engineering, Engineering, Front-end Engineering

TopicsCulture, Data

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education, Technology

Speaker Omayeli Arenyeka

Gallatin seniors share inspiring stories that developed from their academic...

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Jamal Amanova

DisciplinesArt, Graphic Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCommunication, Creativity, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Enterprise Product Designer who designs and delivers innovative solutions that solve...

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From designing buildings to facilitating transformation

DisciplineArchitecture

TopicsDesign Strategy

Speaker Hanna du Plessis

We have an established practice when it comes to designing things. But what does design look like when applied to the messy complexity of human communities? Hannah du Plessis -- Pittsburgh based designer and lecturer in the "MFA in Design for Social Innovation " program in New York City -- is part of this emerging field. This talk is about the shift from designing when your material is physical to when your material is social. It looks at three scales - community, team and ...

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