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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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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

LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA

Molly Nix is an Experience Design Lead at Airbnb. Previously, she was the product Design lead at Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group, where she focused on crafting and envisioning the human experience in a Self-Driving Uber. Prior to the Uber ATG, she led the ground-up redesign of Uber’s Driver app. Before Uber, she worked at Google, where she led design for a range of YouTube creator products including Creator Studio and YouTube Capture, an award-winning mobile video creation app. She earned her...

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Xindeling Pan

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Storytelling

IndustryTechnology

Xindeling Pan is a creative director and design thinking coach who helps clients...

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The System is Down: Practicing good IA in a bad world

DisciplineInformation Architecture

TopicsEthics

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Lisa Maria Marquis

The choices we make in the design and structure of digital content reflect our...

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Alice Lee

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsIllustration

Alice is an independent illustrator and designer who plays in the tech, editorial,...

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Design Systems are for People

DisciplineDesign Operations

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Systems

Speaker Jina Anne

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Lachmee Chin

DisciplineInterior Design

TopicsBusiness Design, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Systems

Accomplished interior design professional with over 15 years of experience...

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The creative perspective- how to lead and not follow.

DisciplineBrand

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Amber Bonney

Amber Bonney is the Founder and Managing Director of two award-winning agencies and...

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Capri LaRocca

DisciplineImmersive Experience Design

TopicsCareer, Community, Creativity, Culture, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Environment, Ethics, Innovation, Lean, Service Design, Social Innovation, Sustainability, Visual Thinking

IndustriesEducation, Nonprofit, Technology

Capri LaRocca is a City Experience Manager at Minerva Schools where she designs...

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Find Your Own Visual Voice – Nyckelviksskolan, March 2023

DisciplinesArt, Graphic Design

TopicsCreativity, Culture, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Illustration, Innovation, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education

Speaker Benedetta Crippa

Introducing a 10-steps method on finding our own visual voice....

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Hostile Design

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCareer, Design Strategy

Speaker Cynthia Savard Saucier

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Leigh Allen-Arredondo

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCareer, Communication, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Product Development

IndustryTechnology

UX strategist, coach, facilitator, speaker | Host of UX Cake podcast...

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Architecting Interaction

DisciplineArchitecture

TopicsCulture

EventTEDx

Speaker Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes

Stephanie is part of a new breed of young visionary architects, who operate beyond the nowadays restrained realm of architecture. Born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, Stephanie is today based in Amsterdam where she is heading the work of AKKA ARCHITECTS, an architecture & design practice, operating across Europe, the Middle East and the Gulf areas. AKKA Architects are driven by the vision of Architecting Interaction©, an exploration of human interactions on a scale of interventions. It investigates ...

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