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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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Helena Rodemann

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Innovation, Privilege, Product Development, Social Innovation

Helena is Head of Product of Moonai, the first app to use sound science, cognitive behavioral therapy and social support to help relieve, manage and prevent menstrual pain. Originally a UX writer, she's now a product designer & femtech entrepreneur focused on making the world better for women+. Also among her passions: long-distance, competitive swimming. In a nutshell: she's spent the past 10 years researching, crafting and launching cross-cultural offline & online product experiences to tackle...

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Sarah Hyndman

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsCommunication, Creativity, Culture, Data, Design Strategy, Innovation, Methodology, Storytelling, Typography

Fun talks about typography and perception with lashings of audience participation...

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Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer: Using Competitors to do Better UX Research

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Methodology, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Kathi Kaiser

We’ll describe how to incorporate the designs of your rivals into research with users....

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Lisa Dance

DisciplinesInteraction Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics

Lisa talks UX, ethical research & inclusive design in practical and actionable ways!...

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Failed Futures

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Thinking, Innovation, Storytelling

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Carina Ngai

Case studies of failures that were predicted in past & what we can learn from history...

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Amanda Obidike

DisciplinesBusiness, Data Science, Engineering

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Career, Community, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership, Policy, Social Innovation

IndustriesEducation, Nonprofit, Technology

Amanda Obidike is an accomplished non-profit leader and Data Scientist with 10 years...

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How Diverse Teams Elevate Creativity – AdobeMax

DisciplinesGraphic Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsCulture, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustriesAdvertising, Arts & Entertainment, Technology

Speaker Tasha Lutfi

Now is the time to address issues of diversity, equality, and inclusion in the workplace....

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Maca Baigorria

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Systems, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship

Maca is an experienced design consultant with a passion to understand why people do...

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And You May Ask Yourself, How Did I Get Here?

DisciplinesArt, Graphic Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCareer

Speaker Cassie McDaniel

“The first time I left my job was scary. The second time was easy. The third time...

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Expanding our Expectations of Everyone

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCommunication, Design Strategy

Speaker Margot Bloomstein

Content strategy both champions and makes possible the idea that “everyone is a...

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Gathigia Njiiri

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsBusiness Design, Design Strategy, Design Thinking

IndustryTechnology

Solving problems contextually....

TalkVideoGallery

Design for Good – a Head and Heart approach to business

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Design Operations

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy

IndustriesAdvertising, Arts & Entertainment, Fashion, Marketing, Nonprofit

Speaker Amber Bonney

Design for Good is a creative industry panel hosted by design industry leader Amber Bonney, Founder and CEO of the award-winning brand practice, The Edison Agency. The Edison Agency are committed to designing for good, using their industry expertise to imagine change for brands, organisations and communities. Edison commit a minimum of 3% of their annual total revenue to projects that align to their Design for Good pillars. Together with Edison’s Design for Good program theory, frameworks and ...

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