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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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Snigdha Malik

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsAR/VR, Business Design, Business Strategy, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Innovation, Leadership, Storytelling, Web & Mobile

IndustryRetail

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Snigdha is the Head of Design, Home and Fashion, at Walmart e-commerce, San Bruno, where she leads a team of product designers and researchers. She has a passion for solving complex problems that transform the human experience, with a focus on outcomes and a desire to improve the lives of others. In her role, she is shaping the short-term and long-term vision for Home and Fashion at Walmart, tackling some of the biggest business challenges and leading with a data-mindset and a human-centered innovation...

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Susan Wands

DisciplineFront-end Engineering

TopicsAgile, Diversity & Inclusion, JavaScript

IndustryTechnology

Susan Wands is a software developer, technical advisor and presenter with a passion...

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Women Talk Design: Speaker Stories

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCareer, Storytelling

Speaker Natalie Dunbar

Women Talk Design Speaker Stories with Natalie Dunbar, UX content strategist ...

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Jennifer Quigley-Jones

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsStorytelling

IndustriesMarketing, Nonprofit

Jennifer is Managing Director of Influencer Marketing agency Digital Voices. She...

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Experience Design for IoT Security: Inspiration from Building Architecture

DisciplinesArchitecture, User Experience

TopicsCulture, IoT, Security

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Ame Elliott

There is a tremendous design opportunity in making the user experience of Internet of...

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Svetlana Kouznetsova

DisciplinesBusiness, Front-end Engineering, Immersive Experience Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Business Strategy, Communication, Design Strategy, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Management & Strategy, Privilege, Product Development, Web & Mobile

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education, Film, Technology, Telecommunications

An independent consultant specializing in accessibility strategy for web, media, events....

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Dynamic/MTL Vol. 10 – Stand up!

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Social Innovation, Social Networks

Speaker Jennifer Daniel

Recent elections and referendum results throughout Europe and North America have got...

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Marcela Coutinho

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCreativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Leadership, Methodology, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

With 10 years of experience in the digital product industry, Marcela designed for...

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Be the Voice of Change: How to spark change in your organization

DisciplinesGraphic Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsCulture, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Tasha Lutfi

Don't just talk about it...be about it! Learn how to spark the change you want!...

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Connecting Children with Nature through Smart Toy Design

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsMethodology

Speaker Nidhi Jalwal

What do you get when you take a stuffed animal, shove a smartphone in it, download...

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tobacco brown

DisciplineArt

TopicsCommunity, Creativity

IndustryArts & Entertainment

tobacco brown Ted Speaker is a social environmental artist....

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Innovation for Store 4.0

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Innovation, Management & Strategy

IndustryRetail

Speaker Samantha Starmer

This presentation provides detail on the changing role of stores and why tech is the driving force (not just eCommerce) We will discuss: Getting the basics right to allow for omnichannel integration The importance of creating customer centered experiences AI, AR, VR and IoT Building a compelling shopping journey across all ...

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