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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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Piccia Neri

DisciplinesArt, Brand, Graphic Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsAccessibility, Design Thinking, Methodology, Typography, Visual Thinking, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Piccia Neri is a UX and accessible design lead, consultant and speaker, helping businesses and agencies win on the web by putting users at the centre. She loves educating designers and developers in the best UX, UI and accessibility practices via workshops, courses, and talks, in 3 languages. Championing accessibility with a focus on creativity is her current focus. Over the course of her design career, Piccia has worked with major tech brands and companies. Prior to that, she worked with top-tier...

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Rayana Verissimo

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsCommunity, CSS, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, HTML, Methodology, Product Development

IndustryTechnology

Design Leadership at GitLab, internet lover, human....

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Design to Ignite — Design sprints for transformation at scale

DisciplinesBusiness, User Experience

TopicsAgile, Leadership, Teamwork

Speaker Tomomi Sasaki

Push the limits of #IxD by embracing #complexity and pursuing rapid #transformation....

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Julie Smithson

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Immersive Experience Design, User Experience

IndustriesEducation, Technology

Top 100 Women of the Future, CEO of METAVRSE, & CoFounder of XR Women & Unlimited Awesome...

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Content Amid Chaos

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCommunication, Design Strategy, Management & Strategy

Speaker Sara Wachter-Boettcher

Organizations are messy places: politics thwart progress, departmental squabbles are...

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Kathy Wagner

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Information Architecture, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCommunication, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Methodology, Web & Mobile

Kathy is founder of Content Strategy Inc, Canada’s only consultancy focusing...

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Design Principles: The Philosophy of UX

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy

Speaker Whitney Hess

Whitney Hess, user experience designer, explores the principals of good user design...

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Aleenah Ansari

DisciplinesBrand, Content Strategy, User Experience

TopicsCareer, Communication, Creativity, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Storytelling

IndustryTechnology

Aleenah Ansari a marketer at Microsoft, aspiring creative director, & journalist at heart....

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Women’s Empowerment Conference

DisciplinesArt, Fashion

TopicsCareer, Community, Creativity, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Michelle Singleton

Increasing equitable opportunities for historically underrepresented people....

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The Many Flavors of Agile: What’s the Right One for Your Team

DisciplineProduct Management

TopicsProduct Development

Speaker B. Pagels-Minor

B. Pagels-Minor gives a talk outlining a framework for how to choose different types...

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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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The Art of Leadership

DisciplinesBusiness, User Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Leadership

IndustryEducation

Speaker Doreen Lorenzo

At the BRITE ’15 conference, Doreen Lorenzo, former president of Quirky and CEO of frog, talks about the value in creating a collaborative team environment to drive business success. She believes that leadership is about understanding and creating human connections. By developing a culture that meets the desires of your staff and clients beyond just financial rewards, an organization can effectively navigate change which is crucial to maintaining success in today’s ...

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