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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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Sara Hill

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Lean

IndustriesAutomotive, Technology

LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA

Sara Hill's role as SVP of Advanced Technologies is to work with the Enterprise Ireland (trade agency and venture arm of the Irish government) portfolio companies that are focused on US expansion and exports. She assists in market strategy, business planning and development across the IoT, connected & autonomous vehicle and smart city sectors. Sara's goals are to create market access and tangible business growth opportunities for portfolio companies through meaningful connections. She previously...

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Amanda Chong

DisciplinesGraphic Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsDesign Thinking, Leadership

IndustryTechnology

Amanda is a multi-disciplinary designer who loves writing, skiing, and eating all the...

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UX Design for VR Interview

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsAR/VR

Speaker Di Dang

Di Dang leads the Emerging Tech group at POP, a Seattle-based digital agency that...

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Alyssa Boehm

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Ethics, Innovation, Management & Strategy, Product Development, Teamwork

Alyssa is the VP of User Experience at Forrester with over 20 years of experience....

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How to be an Ally to Gender Diverse Communities

DisciplineProduct Management

TopicsDiversity & Inclusion

Speaker B. Pagels-Minor

This is the 2nd in a series of talks on allyship delivered by B. Pagels-Minor....

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Eva Schone

DisciplinesArchitecture, Art, Business, Product Design

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Creativity, Culture, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Management & Strategy, Sustainability

IndustryArts & Entertainment

Eva Schone is the CEO of Trophyology, which she founded with a passion to elevate...

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Creating Forms that Users Won’t Hate

DisciplineEngineering

TopicsCSS, HTML, Web & Mobile

Speaker Clarissa Peterson

In this session, you'll learn the correct way to write the HTML for a form to make...

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Miriam Ynocencio

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Thinking

IndustryTechnology

Miriam Ynocencio serves as the Director of Design Technology focused on leading the...

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The Importance of Scrappiness

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsAgile, Design Thinking, Innovation

Speaker Amy Chenault

Precursor to a full talk - Don't Worry, Be...

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Trauma-informed Design

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsDiversity & Inclusion, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Melissa Eggleston

What might a trauma-informed website look like? Let's help not harm others in our designs....

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Rannie Teodoro

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCareer, Communication, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Methodology, Privilege, Product Development, Social Networks, Storytelling, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Rannie Teodoro, Ph.D., is the Head of Design at Thumbtack....

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Robot Etiquette and Experience Design

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsRobotics & AI

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Louisa Heinrich

As digital machines gain greater autonomy, Louisa Heinrich talks about our expectations of this coming generation of entities which will bridge the physical and digital worlds, blurring the definitions of ‘robot’, ‘drone’ and ‘appliance’. Louisa goes on to discuss how our interaction expectations are formed and how we might avoid the looming ‘domestic wars’, when contextually aware machines countermand each others’ instructions as they seek to fulfill their ...

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