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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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Alla Weinberg

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCulture, Leadership, Management & Strategy

LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA

Alla wants to live in a world where every person feels safe, that they belong, and that they matter at work. She believes loving our work is a human right, not a privilege for the lucky few. As a leadership coach and culture designer, Alla has worked with large enterprise organizations as well as small businesses to create work environments that people love. She is a professionally certified coach specializing in leadership and organizational coaching. When she is not coaching, you can find her...

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Div Manickam

DisciplinesBusiness, Product Management

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Career, Creativity, Culture, Design Thinking, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Methodology, Product Development, Storytelling, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Div is a mindful soul and a believer in simplicity, exploring a portfolio life. ...

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Practicing a new way of being in the world

DisciplinesBusiness, Immersive Experience Design

TopicsTeamwork

Speaker Hanna du Plessis

Is getting along with individuals or groups that we disagree with a skill that can be...

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Roberta Dombrowski

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Product Management, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCareer, Communication, Creativity, Culture, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Roberta Dombrowski is a Research Leader and Mindful Leadership Coach. In 2022, she...

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Mindful design: designing with presence for purpose and inclusion

DisciplineBrand

TopicsSustainability

Speaker Raffaella Isidori

How the principles of Mindfulness can be applied to all aspects of our work....

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Courtney Allison Brown

DisciplinesBrand, Design Operations, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsCareer, Community, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking

IndustriesAutomotive, Finance, Retail, Technology

Courtney Allison Brown is an accomplished design operations leader currently serving...

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Design Means Business

DisciplinesBusiness, Product Design

TopicsDesign Strategy

Speaker Alissa Briggs

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Priyanka Singh

DisciplinesInterior Design, Product Design

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking

Priyanka Singh is the Director at VO Living, an exquisite furniture and lifestyle...

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Emerging Asian Cities: Verticality / Horizontality

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsCulture

Speaker Lucille Tenazas

The brand new book, The Emerging Asian City: Concomitant Urbanities and Urbanisms,...

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Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer: Using Competitors to do Better UX Research

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Methodology, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Kathi Kaiser

We’ll describe how to incorporate the designs of your rivals into research with users....

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Pavithra Ramamurthy

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, Motion & Animation, Product Design

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Innovation, Robotics & AI

A Product Designer and Motion UI expert with a passion for crafting innovative solutions...

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Expanding our Expectations of Everyone

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCommunication, Design Strategy

Speaker Margot Bloomstein

Content strategy both champions and makes possible the idea that “everyone is a publisher.” New platforms and approaches to collaboration let us reframe the conversation beyond traditional book publishing. But with challenges to net neutrality and inconsistent network connectivity in the developing world, do we need to limit our definition of “everyone” to just the white and wealthy world and the more cutting-edge businesses it spawns? Maybe that’s the case today, but today is the mirror of ...

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