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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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Meghan McGrath

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Ethics, Leadership, Methodology, Robotics & AI, Security

IndustryTechnology

Meghan McGrath is a security ethnographer and design strategist for IBM in NY. She looks at how the world's most sensitive data gets protected, and at the role of human behavior, cultural norms, occupational humor, and transnational policy in shaping cybersecurity practices. Meghan was the Design Lead for IBM Pervasive Encryption on Z14, the first mainframe to be "co-created with clients." Her work on this project was recognized with IBM's prestigious Outstanding Technical Achievement Award and with an...

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Naily Nevarez

DisciplinesArt, Business, Design Operations, Graphic Design, Motion & Animation, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsCommunication, Community, Creativity, Culture, Entrepreneurship, Illustration, Innovation, Leadership, Social Innovation, Storytelling, Teamwork

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Marketing, Technology

Naily Nevarez is an award-winning designer and visual artist based in Chicago, Illinois...

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How to do user research when you don’t have a design team

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsMethodology

IndustryGovernment

Speaker Genevieve Gaudet

An introduction to user research in government for non-designers. ...

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Jina Anne

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Front-end Engineering, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsCSS, Design Systems

IndustryTechnology

Jina is a design systems advocate and coach....

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The Many Flavors of Agile: What’s the Right One for Your Team

DisciplineProduct Management

TopicsProduct Development

Speaker B. Pagels-Minor

B. Pagels-Minor gives a talk outlining a framework for how to choose different types...

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Toni Brown

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Social Networks, Storytelling, Web & Mobile

Toni S. Brown is a versatile Brand Strategist, Creative Director, Speaker, &...

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Connecting the Digital + the Physical @ Uber

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design

TopicsLeadership

Speaker Dana Bright

In this talk, we will talk about shaping the vision to solve for Uber’s riders...

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Alexis Lucio

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAccessibility, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion

Alexis (she/they) is a designer focused on accessibility (a11y), equity, and inclusion....

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From Designer to Design Lead

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsManagement & Strategy

Speaker Ana Peralta

The learning journey from individual contributor to a first time UX Lead....

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Creating Mirrors: Representation, Self-love and Black Influence in UX Content

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCareer, Community, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Natalie Dunbar

Black content creators open a window into their experiences in design and technology....

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Christina Beard

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsDesign Strategy, Leadership

IndustryHealthcare

A deep interest in solving real problems for real people inspired Christina to step...

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Designing for Trust

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, IoT, Security

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Ame Elliott

“I’m really excited about privacy and security” said no one, ever. But that’s because these topics are given a bad rap; generally perceived as negative and boring, with a level of complexity best left in the hands of cryptographers…. This needs to change. In a world heading towards the Internet of everything, it’s time to reframe how we experience privacy, and get designers enthusiastic about taking responsibility to help the public help ...

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