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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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Corinne Phillips

DisciplineFashion

TopicsCulture

IndustryArts & Entertainment

Phil, aka Corinne, (they/them) is a podcast host, stylist, wedding officiant and storyteller at heart connecting people and ideas together in a way that resonates beyond the superficial. Phil has always been interested in celebrating stories that connect people and ideas together, in a way that resonates beyond the superficial, and challenges the way we think. As both a podcast host and wedding officiant, they are continually interested in capturing unique stories and sharing them with the goal of...

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Jenny Shen

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCareer, Culture, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Jenny is an independent Senior UX/Product Designer who helps businesses innovate and desig...

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When algorithms fail in our personal lives

DisciplinesArt, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCulture, Social Networks

Speaker Caroline Sinders

“Social Media Break Up Coordinator“ is a performance art piece and lecture...

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Anna Cook

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsAccessibility, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Illustration, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Anna E. Cook Senior Inclusive Design with 10 years of speaking experience...

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Accessibility, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: UX Writing for Diverse User Bases

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsAccessibility, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Natalie Dunbar

Accessible, equitable, and inclusive UX writing for diverse user bases....

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Janey Lee

DisciplinesProduct Design, Product Management

TopicsBusiness Design, Career, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Management & Strategy, Product Development, Teamwork

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Finance

Janey is a product designer who thinks a lot about experimentation, design for social...

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Practicing What We Preach: designing usage centered deliverables

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsTeamwork

Speaker Veevi Rosenstein

During any product development process, interaction designers and researchers must...

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Lee Levy

DisciplinesGraphic Design, Product Design

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Design Strategy, HTML, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Graduated from Florida State University and became a freelancer, owns her own business....

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Finding Meaning and Purpose in Our Work and Creating Higher Value: A Whole Systems Approach

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCulture, Leadership, Management & Strategy

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Beatrice Ungard, Ph.D.

This talk was presented within the context of an IT employee retreat for an...

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Design for Aging, your future-self

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Carina Ngai

We move beyond usability, and introduce “Design for Aging” as a process of innovation....

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Jenny Mallin

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsAccessibility

The life and times of Anglo-Indians during the prime days of the Raj....

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Does Anyone Speak Healthcare?

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCommunication

IndustryHealthcare

Speaker Marli Mesibov

Health literacy is a real problem. How can we solve it as content strategists? In this keynote from the 2018 Health Experience Design Conference, Marli Mesibov establishes what health literacy means, and how to overcome ...

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