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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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Ariba Jahan

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, AR/VR, Blockchain, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Leadership, Lean, Methodology, Product Development, Service Design, Social Innovation, Web & Mobile

IndustriesNonprofit, Technology

LocationNew York, NY, USA

Ariba Jahan is a multi-disciplinary product & innovation leader who passionately advocates for a world where all tech is built responsibly in order to serve humanity. With 10+ years of expertise working with startups, brands and non-profits, Ariba believes that we must normalize accessibility, meaningful human connections, ethical interactions, and democratized learning in the products and experiences we create. She is an international keynote speaker for organizations like Vox Media, Interaction...

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Jamal Amanova

DisciplinesArt, Graphic Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCommunication, Creativity, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Enterprise Product Designer who designs and delivers innovative solutions that solve...

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Diversity by Design

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Teamwork

Speaker Janaki Kumar

Studies have shown the correlation between diversity and innovation. Yet Silicon...

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Tana Green

DisciplinesArchitecture, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Interface, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Agile, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Environment, Installation & Curation, IoT, Service Design, Storytelling, Sustainability, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Lead UXUI Designer / Researcher at AIM Consulting Group | analysis, planning, design...

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Building a compelling business case for a Design System

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Systems, Leadership

Speaker Laura Van Doore

Design Systems are here to stay. It’s no secret that the topic of Design Systems have ......

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Jessica Brown

DisciplinesBrand, Content Strategy, Graphic Design, User Interface

TopicsCreativity, Storytelling

IndustryAdvertising

As Creative Director, Jess oversees the digital creative process from idea to execution....

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The Unicorns of China: Divergent Evolution on the Chinese Internet

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Culture, Social Networks

Speaker Christina Xu

The Chinese internet remains an abstraction to many outsiders due to technical,...

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Talia Kerr

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsCommunity, Creativity, Culture, Design Thinking, Disability

Talia approaches each project with passion, motivated by the important role effective...

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Convenient Friction: Observations on Chinese UX in Practice

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsCulture

Speaker Christina Xu

Silicon Valley’s vision of ultimate convenience is often one that’s...

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Gather Round: How to Share the Stories from UX Research

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Thinking, Storytelling

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Kyle Soucy

As UX Researchers, our job is not over when the interviews are finished. In fact,...

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Marina Razakhatskaya

DisciplinesArt, Engineering, Immersive Experience Design, User Experience

TopicsAR/VR, Innovation, Installation & Curation, IoT, Robotics & AI, Storytelling, Voice UI, Web & Mobile

IndustriesAdvertising, Arts & Entertainment, Marketing, Retail, Technology

Creative Technologist who builds physical-to-digital experiences that might cause delight....

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It’s Our Research Interview (Kim Goodwin)

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsTeamwork

Speaker Kim Goodwin

An interview with Kim Goodwin about getting stakeholder buy-in for UX research. The interview was conducted by Tomer Sharon, a Google UX researcher, for his book, "It's Our Research: Getting stakeholder buy-in for user experience research projects". Kim Goodwin is the author of the bestselling book, Designing for the Digital Age. Kim is currently consulting for clients in varied industries including aviation, consumer electronics, and retail. She spent most of the last decade as Vice-President, Design ...

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