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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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Rachel Ceasar

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsCareer, Community, Culture, Data, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Innovation, Methodology, Service Design, Storytelling

IndustriesHealthcare, Technology

LocationLos Angeles, CA, USA

Rachel Carmen Ceasar, PhD, is a medical anthropologist and UX researcher working at the intersection of health, technology, and design. Her work examines how people navigate and negotiate their health and wellbeing. She is the founder of Culture of Health+Tech Consulting, a boutique research and design firm in Los Angeles that helps clients understand culturally-responsive approaches to health and tech issues. Rachel is also a public health researcher and educator at the USC Keck School of...

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Taneen Jafarkhani

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAgile, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Hands-on org designer and attorney...

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Talk UX, Tokyo 2022 and OCAD University’s DF Vitual Exhibition | Age & Interface: Equipping Older Adults with Technological Tools

DisciplinesGraphic Design, Interaction Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Adobe XD, Communication, Community, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Social Innovation, Web & Mobile

IndustriesEducation, Technology

Speaker Rittika Basu

Teaching Elderly Users about Digital Literacy and Digital Rights...

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Yina Smith-Danenhower

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking

Yina is a Conversational Product Designer at XAPP AI, she speaks about design and AI....

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Voice of Design Podcast

DisciplineInteraction Design

TopicsDesign Strategy

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Stephanie Lucas

Invited to be a guest on SF's Mule Design Studio "Voice of Design" podcast to talk...

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Alba Villamil

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Methodology

Alba Villamil is an independent User Researcher who specializes in designing for the...

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Rapid UX Research Cycles

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsAgile

Speaker Kelly Goto

Kelly Goto from gotoresearch takes you through the rigorous approach and process...

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Laura Nunnery

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Leadership, Product Development, Storytelling, Visual Thinking

IndustryTechnology

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Good Intentions and Bad Actors: Unleashing our True Design Superpowers

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsBusiness Design, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Ethics, Service Design

Speaker Lisa deBettencourt

As experience designers, we have unique superpowers to craft products and services in...

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The Executioner’s Tale

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsAgile, Innovation, Leadership, Teamwork

Speaker Christina Wodtke

Ideas are cheap. Execution is everything. Christina has spent her career attacking...

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Hannah Silver

DisciplineArchitecture

TopicsAccessibility, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Sustainability

With a background in architecture and urban planning, and a passion for physical and...

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IA, AI & Voice: How can we make voice interactions easier?

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, User Experience

TopicsRobotics & AI, Voice UI

IndustryTechnology

EventWorld IA Day

Speaker Lade Tawak

As voice interactions boom (IVRs, Alexa!), understanding sociocultural differences is key! AI advancements require developers to consider how cultural contexts, tech exposure, and digital literacy shape user mental models & expectations. Drawing on personal experience & past projects, I'll discuss some considerations when for building usable voice-only ...

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