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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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Sadhvi Sharma

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Immersive Experience Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking

Location533 7th Ave, New York, NY 10018, USA

With almost 7 years of experience, Sadhvi is well-positioned to create strategies of real-world and help businesses achieve their key performance initiatives. She worked at Reliance Infocomm Limited (US$110 billion, a conglomerate industry), the leading company in India where I helped CEO in a stealth project with business ideas and building strategy. She worked on 12 projects as a UX Specialist and visual designer. Prior to that, She was working with a startup Wingify as a UI designer. During her time at...

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Vanessa Colina

DisciplinesBrand, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsIllustration

Vanessa is a User Experience Designer based in Washington, DC. Her focus is in user...

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Designing the Pivot

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Systems, Innovation

Speaker Julia Khusainova

Many companies hit a crucial moment when they realize that the future of their...

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Wendy Hunt

DisciplinesBrand, Graphic Design

TopicsCreativity, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Innovation

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Marketing

Wendy Hunt is a freelance artist, graphic designer, illustrator, free-range thinker....

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Emotionally personalised future

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsInnovation

IndustryTechnology

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Stephanie Akkaoui Hughes

DisciplinesArchitecture, Brand, Business, Furniture, Immersive Experience Design, Industrial Design, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Agile, Business Design, Business Strategy, Communication, Community, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Leadership, Service Design, Social Innovation, Sustainability, Visual Thinking

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education

Workplace Interactions Expert | CEO at AKKA Architects | Architect, Speaker & Author...

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Caring Systems: Documentation as care

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCommunication, Design Systems, Teamwork

Speaker Amelia Abreu

All humans require care. Writing and maintaining documentation is a form of care:...

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Dian Holton

DisciplineArt

TopicsCreativity, Diversity & Inclusion, Illustration, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Nonprofit

Dian Holton is senior deputy art director at AARP Media and a freelance window...

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Just Enough Research

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Research

TopicsInnovation

Speaker Erika Hall

Every product, service, or interface we design in the safety and comfort of our...

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Quantitative vs Qualitative

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsLean

Speaker Laura Klein

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Lucille Tenazas

DisciplinesBrand, Graphic Design

TopicsDesign Strategy

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education

Lucille Tenazas is both an educator and graphic designer. Her studio, Tenazas Design...

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Information Architecture and Content Strategy: The Experience Making Magic of Tidying Stuff

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Information Architecture

TopicsAccessibility, Web & Mobile

EventWorld IA Day

Speaker Natalie Dunbar

Natalie Dunbar is a user experience focused content strategist, freelance writer, occasional speaker, and builder of engaging content experiences for enterprises that include Anthem, Inc., Kaiser Permanente and YP.com. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams of UX designers, developers, product and project managers, Natalie helps balance meeting user needs with a framework for creating and maintaining strategic content that also supports business ...

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