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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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Kathryn Hopper

DisciplinesContent Strategy, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCommunication, Creativity, SEO, Storytelling

IndustryEducation

LocationSouthlake, TX 76092, USA

Kathryn Hopper works in higher education as a UX designer and content strategist at the University of Texas at Dallas, where she is earning an M.S. in Marketing. She has presented at regional conferences for the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and Lades That UX and served as a volunteer organizer at Big Design Dallas and HighEdWeb. An avid hiker, she is the author of Best Hikes Dallas-Fort Worth for Falcon Guides, Family Fun Travel Southwest for Disney Books and Fort...

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Donna Vitan

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsAccessibility, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Web & Mobile

IndustriesTechnology, Telecommunications

Donna is a UX and design systems designer committed to inclusive and accessible design....

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UX without UI: a case study for adidas Mexico

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Interface

TopicsCommunication

Speaker Bibiana Nunes

How to shape experiences without being able to change the visual...

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Shadaria Allison

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCulture

IndustryGovernment

Shadaria A. Allison is the compelling author of several published manuscripts; a...

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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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Shrut Kirti Saksena

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsCareer, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Lean, Methodology, Product Development, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

A UX Researcher. Strategic Thinker. Customer and user advocate. Lifelong...

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Hacking the Visual Norm

DisciplinesArt, Front-end Engineering

TopicsData, Visual Thinking

Speaker Nadieh Bremer

How to go beyond the default in visualizing data to create more effective charts...

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Katherine Dillon

DisciplinesData Science, Graphic Design

TopicsCreativity, Data, Design Systems, Social Innovation, Visual Thinking

IndustryEducation

Katherine Dillon's professional career is defined by a focus on visual storytelling...

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Org Design for Design Orgs

DisciplineDesign Operations

TopicsLeadership, Teamwork

Speaker Kristin Skinner

How do you stay flexible as a design leader when the plan always changes? Kristin...

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Designing the future of Augmented Reality

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAR/VR, Business Strategy, Design Thinking, Web & Mobile

IndustriesAdvertising, Education, Technology

Speaker Carina Ngai

Beyond visual effects and entertainment, can AR be more utilitarian such as visual search?...

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Nikita Chandawale

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsCommunity, Creativity, Diversity & Inclusion

Nikita Chandawale is a User Experience Researcher at Microsoft. At Microsoft,...

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The Art of Video Games – It’s All in the Design

DisciplineGame Design

TopicsStorytelling

IndustryArts & Entertainment

Speaker Robin Hunicke

This is a presentation and Q&A with Robin Hunicke during the opening weekend of the Art of Video Games exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Video game designer Robin Hunicke, with thatgamecompany, takes you inside the world of game design and discusses the company's highly anticipated, Journey. I am in no way affiliated with The Art of Video Games exhibit or the Smithsonian American Art ...

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