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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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Donna Vitan

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsAccessibility, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Web & Mobile

IndustriesTechnology, Telecommunications

LocationToronto, ON, Canada

Donna is a user experience, interaction, and visual designer committed to inclusive design. Supporting products, projects, and cross-functional teams as a champion for best practices, web standards compliance, and accessibility. And most of all, she's passionate about design systems, design tools and ways of working, as the means to express inclusive design at scale. As part of the TELUS design system team for TELUS Digital, she helps support the organization build products quickly and easily by...

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Carine Lallemand

DisciplinesInteraction Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Thinking, Ethics, Methodology

Assistant Professor in UX design and author of a best-selling handbook on UX methods...

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Exploring Service Patterns for Social Services

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsService Design

IndustryGovernment

Speaker Genevieve Gaudet

Exploring possibilities for service patterns for eligibility-based public services....

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Silvina Rodriguez Picaro

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Graphic Design, Sales

TopicsBusiness Design, Career, Communication, Creativity, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Management & Strategy

IndustryMarketing

I am a passionate speaker, willing to inspire and share experiences with the audience....

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The New Rules of (Inclusive) Innovation!

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsDiversity & Inclusion, Innovation

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Kara Miekina

Design talk and workshop on how to make more inclusive products. ...

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Andrea Mignolo

DisciplinesBusiness, Interaction Design

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Culture, Design Strategy, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Teamwork

Executive and Team Coach...

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Workshop – Cognitive Biases

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsCommunication, Creativity, Design Strategy

Speaker Stéphanie Walter

A workshop with 52 cards to discover cognitive biases in a fun way...

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Amabel Escardo

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, Product Design, User Research

TopicsBusiness Design, Service Design

IndustryEducation

The last 2 years.... I have learnt to experiment in a difficult industry: Education....

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The User Experience of a Natural Disaster

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsEnvironment

Speaker Amy Silvers

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Tiny Tweaks for a Big Boost: Supercharge Your Ecom Store

DisciplineFront-end Engineering

TopicsWeb & Mobile

IndustryRetail

Speaker Tanya Malan

Not all massively-impactful changes have to be huge. In this eye-opening session,...

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Trish Ang

DisciplinesFront-end Engineering, User Interface

TopicsAccessibility, Career, Community, CSS, Culture, Design Systems, Diversity & Inclusion, JavaScript, Leadership, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Designer slash developer. Codes @slackhq. Volunteers @oakland_cm....

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Focus on the i in design

DisciplinesProduct Design, Product Management, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Creativity, Data, Design Thinking, Visual Thinking

Speaker Div Manickam

I shared my view of design as a product marketing leader with a blend of creativity and engineering with the ProApp X community in a design workshop. Topics include: - Fundamentals of design thinking - Design ideation for users and business - Communication and design decision making frameworks - How to wireframe great ideas - Understand the i in design - customer, user and buyer ...

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