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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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Amanda Wybolt

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Design Systems, Leadership, Social Innovation

LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA

With 9 years of strategy and human-centered design experience, Amanda is an entrepreneur with a knack for helping brands and companies solve problems across sectors and global markets. She is fascinated by the “messy middle” – the part of a problem with so many conflicting variables and diverse needs that it feels impossible – yet Amanda excels at unearthing innovations where others see dead-ends. Working directly with organizational leadership and across diverse teams, Amanda has enjoyed...

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Lizy Gershenzon

DisciplinesGraphic Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsBusiness Design, Community, Design Strategy, Typography, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Lizy Joy Gershenzon is a Co-Founder of Future Fonts, and Partner at Scribble Tone...

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Sins of a UX Researcher

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsCareer, Storytelling

Speaker Kyle Soucy

Let’s face it; while moderating a usability test or research study even the most...

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Rachael Frank

DisciplinesBrand, Content Strategy, Information Architecture, User Interface, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Agile, Creativity, Design Strategy, Management & Strategy, SEO, Storytelling, Web & Mobile

IndustriesMarketing, Technology

Rachael has been asking people hard questions for well over 15 years at this point....

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The Self-Aware Researcher

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsMethodology

Speaker Veronica Erb

Whenever I do user experience research – no matter the user, client, product, or...

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Kritika Kushwaha

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsDiversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, Sustainability

IndustryTechnology

Kritika is an award winning Product Designer and Illustrator based in San Francisco...

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Hold onto your hats: The Scaled Agile Framework might be good for design!

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsAgile, Storytelling

Speaker Jen Fabrizi

Design and the Scaled Agile Framework… Maybe you’ve heard about SAFe. Maybe...

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Kat Richards

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Agile, Business Strategy, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Management & Strategy, Service Design, Storytelling

IndustriesAdvertising, Marketing

Kat is passionate about collaboration between business strategy, technology, and...

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Fake Ethnography vs Real Ethnography

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsCulture

Speaker Veevi Rosenstein

Aviva Rosenstein, PhD, gave this talk at User Research Friday 2008...

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The Human Centered Brand

DisciplineBrand

TopicsCommunication, Culture

Speaker Nela Dunato

Branding advice for corporations and startups doesn’t work for service-oriented...

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Michelle Parayil

DisciplineInteraction Design

TopicsCareer, Design Strategy, Methodology, Robotics & AI

IndustryTechnology

Michelle is a founding member of the Conversation Design team at Jio Haptik....

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Website Design with UX in Mind

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Communication, Web & Mobile

Speaker Melissa Eggleston

Based on usability research and UX principles, we discuss what we know about users in terms of both big-picture concepts and nitty-gritty details. For example, learn how people interact with photography on websites and what kinds of ideas they have in their head when they arrive at your homepage. By looking at website examples, we uncover common problems that website designers and owners make often (but can be avoided). You’ll walk out with practical tips that you can immediately use to make your ...

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