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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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Karen Reilly

DisciplinesDesign Operations, User Experience

TopicsCreativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Teamwork

LocationDublin, Ireland

Karen Reilly is a UX Design Manager at Workday where she manages two product teams who are creating user-centered, innovative enterprise applications. Prior to joining Workday, Karen was UX Director at iterate, a design agency based in Dublin. She has a BSc in Psychology applied to IT and a MSC in Cyberpsychology. She has been designing products for over 12 years and has always put a strong focus on usability and enjoyability of products with an overarching assumption that the more we feel and think like...

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Carol Lieb

DisciplineInteraction Design

TopicsCommunication

IndustryFinance

Information Architect and User Experience Designer with Fidelity UXD in Boston...

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Innovation for Store 4.0

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Innovation, Management & Strategy

IndustryRetail

Speaker Samantha Starmer

This presentation discusses the future of retail and how to innovate to stay ahead of the ...

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Marcela Coutinho

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCreativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Leadership, Methodology, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

With 10 years of experience in the digital product industry, Marcela designed for...

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Open Source Design with OSS Humanitarian Tech Tools

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCommunity, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Ethics, Innovation, Methodology, Sustainability, Teamwork

IndustriesNonprofit, Technology

Speaker Eriol Fox

Why don't designers contribute to humanitarian open-source software?...

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Theresa Austin

DisciplinesBusiness, Fashion, Immersive Experience Design, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAR/VR, Business Design, Business Strategy, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Innovation, Management & Strategy, Methodology, Product Development, Sustainability, Visual Thinking

IndustriesFashion, Retail, Technology

Theresa is an Experience Director and Technology Strategist....

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Good Code: What, Why and How to get there

DisciplinesBack-end Engineering, Engineering

TopicsDesign Systems, Methodology, Web & Mobile

Speaker Jane Prusakova

Code quality is beyond writing code that works. Defining code craftsmanship....

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Joana Chicau

DisciplinesInteraction Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCommunity, Creativity, Data, Ethics, JavaScript, Methodology

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education, Nonprofit, Technology

Joana Chicau is a designer and researcher — with a background in dance. She...

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Best Practices how to Maximize Digital Marketing Transformations

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Content Strategy, Product Management, User Experience

TopicsAgile, Career, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Web & Mobile

IndustriesMarketing, Technology

Speaker Faylene Bell

How to Maximize Digital Marketing Transformations...

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From Designer to Design Lead

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsManagement & Strategy

Speaker Ana Peralta

The learning journey from individual contributor to a first time UX Lead....

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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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Sketching Interfaces

DisciplineUser Interface

TopicsCommunication, Storytelling, Visual Thinking

Speaker Eva-Lotta Lam

Sketching is a crucial tool for designers to have in their skillset. It’s cheap, fast and easy to learn. Many design and product teams today have embraced sketching as part of their (agile) process. In her talk, Eva-Lotta will first cover a few basics and explain how you can build on what you already know and do. She will talk about how you can refine your sketching skills and how to apply them more effectively, both on your own as well as when working with a group. She will share examples, tips ...

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