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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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Nelly Kam

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Interaction Design, Motion & Animation, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsBusiness Design, Career, Communication, Community, Culture, Design Systems, Ethics, Innovation, Methodology, Teamwork, Voice UI, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

LocationSaint Petersburg, Russia

Product designer at Alan.ai, building Voice UI for enterprise. Also: math tutor at @foxford_edu Past: ux-writer at @TInkoff, softdev at @Aeroflot, GeoSpace Digital...

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Amira El-Gawly

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCulture, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Teamwork

Amira El-Gawly is the founder of Manifesta, a culture-first agency that designs...

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Intersectionality and Design for Responsible AI (SXSW 2021)

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Privilege, Robotics & AI, Social Innovation

Speaker Ruth Kikin-Gil

Getting beyond the clichés of AI requires updating our approaches to design. By...

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Christine Park

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsAR/VR, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Innovation, IoT, Product Development

IndustryTechnology

Design Leader, Strategist, Author of bestseller “Designing Across Senses,” O’Reilly Media....

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Design for Inclusivity: How and Why to Get Started – SXSW Panel

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAccessibility, Diversity & Inclusion

Speaker Allison Shaw

An engaging panel on why designing for inclusion is important, and how to get started....

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SuAnne Hall

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, Interaction Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Security, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

UX Product Architect who loves traveling & reading crappy young adult fiction...

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Make Space to Lead

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Leadership

Speaker Tutti Taygerly

Are you feeling overwhelmed, constantly busy, and that you never have enough time to...

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Rachel Anderson

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCareer, Communication, Community, Creativity, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Leadership, Teamwork, Web & Mobile

IndustriesFinance, Technology

Rachel Anderson is a UI/UX Designer creating beautiful solutions to real human problems....

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Denver UX Diversity and Inclusion Panel 2020

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsCulture, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustryEducation

Speaker Anna Cook

Denver UX recognizes and promotes a community of design professionals working in...

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What The Doc?!?! How to Write and Read Documentation That Allows You To Get Shit Done!

DisciplinesEngineering, Front-end Engineering

TopicsCareer, Communication, JavaScript, Teamwork

Speaker Kim Crayton

Often documentation is treated as an afterthought and an undesirable part of the...

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Daniela Felletti

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCulture, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Social Innovation

Daniela is a multilingual professional specialised in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion...

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How to Build Relationships at Work [While Virtual]

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCulture

IndustryHealthcare

Speaker Marisa G. Franco

Remote work is becoming the norm, even more so in the midst of the global pandemic, and staying connected to colleagues has become harder than ever. A lack of connection among employees also negatively affects workplace outcomes. According to a study conducted by Cigna Health, lonely workers are less productive, more likely to miss work due to illness or stress, and more likely to think about quitting their jobs. In this presentation, I share practical strategies to help employees build connections at ...

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