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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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Lisa Radecki

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsCreativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Innovation, Service Design, Visual Thinking

IndustryHealthcare

LocationOrange County, California, USA

Lisa Yoshiko Radecki, MDes, believes that sustainable design depends upon context-driven research to frame challenges and tell the appropriate story. She applies this philosophy by using design methods to align human behavior and beliefs with evidence-based medical practices and business requirements. Her work leverages clear and concise visual language as a key component to communicate complex data sets within multi-level systems of care. Using this approach, she has been able to successfully build new...

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Mirandy Kim

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Thinking

Mirandy is a Senior Product Designer as NerdWallet. She has previously spoken at...

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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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Brandie Janow

DisciplinesBusiness, Design Operations

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Career, Communication, Community, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Management & Strategy

IndustryArts & Entertainment

Brandie Janow is a visionary entrepreneur who founded Kingdom Creatives, with a commitment...

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The Three Reasons Users Don’t Convert

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsLean

IndustryMarketing

Speaker Laura Klein

Congratulations, you're getting users to come to your site or download your product!...

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Rochelle Newton

DisciplinesBusiness, Product Management, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCareer, Communication, Community, Data, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Policy, Storytelling, Teamwork

IndustryEducation

Dr. Rochelle Newton is a senior Information Technology (IT) Manager for Duke University....

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Designing for Television

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Motion & Animation, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsCulture

Speaker Molly Lafferty

We’re not only watching more TV than ever, we’re also using our TVs in new and exciting wa...

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Shamika Goddard

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsDiversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Social Networks, Web & Mobile

IndustriesEducation, Nonprofit, Technology

Shamika is a Ph.D. student, technowomanist and founder of the Tech Chaplaincy Institute...

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How To Do The Work You Want To Do

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCareer, Teamwork

Speaker Fiz Yazdi

You need well-honed technical skills alongside super soft skills to be a good UXer....

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Creating Change without Authority

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsStorytelling

Speaker Veronica Erb

With small actions, self-care, and a broad mind, we can change the way things work....

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Brie Tabios

DisciplineGraphic Design

TopicsDesign Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Storytelling

IndustriesMarketing, Technology

Visual Storyteller, Art Director, Briezy Bloomer...

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Auditing design systems for accessibility

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsAccessibility, Design Systems

Speaker Anna Cook

Design systems are a crucial part of building accessible experiences. Each atom, molecule, and organism we create in our systems affects our ability to scale upwards and meet disabled people’s needs. In this session, learn how to audit components for accessibility issues from design to code using plugins, best practices, and testing tools. Walk away from this session empowered to make your design systems accessible ...

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