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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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Ana Margarita Medina

DisciplinesArchitecture, Back-end Engineering, Engineering, User Experience

TopicsAgile, Career, Community, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

LocationSan Francisco, CA 94131, USA

Ana Margarita is currently working as a Senior Chaos Engineer at Gremlin, helping companies avoid outages by running proactive chaos engineering experiments. Before Gremlin, she has worked at various-sized companies including Google, Uber, SFEFCU, and Miami-based startup. Ana is an internationally recognized speaker and has spoken at: AWS re:Invent, KubeCon, DockerCon, DevOpDays, AllDayDevOps, Write/Speak/Code, and many others. Catch her tweeting at @Ana_M_Medina about traveling, diversity in tech, and...

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Noreen Whysel

DisciplinesArchitecture, Design Operations, Information Architecture, Product Design, Product Management, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Career, Community, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Leadership, Policy, Security, SEO, Service Design

IndustriesEducation, Nonprofit, Technology

Noreen is a researcher who is fascinated by what happens at the edges of disciplines. ...

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Healthcare & Design

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Social Innovation

IndustryHealthcare

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What is design? How can it be used to innovate, especially in heavily regulated areas...

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Eva Kaniasty

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Interaction Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy

IndustryTechnology

Eva Kaniasty is the founder of Slipper Studios, a user experience consultancy...

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Architecting the Outcome

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Information Architecture

TopicsCommunication

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Kyle Soucy

This talk was given at World IA Day Boston...

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Danielle Hughes

DisciplinesBrand, Content Strategy, Sales

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Communication, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Storytelling

IndustriesAdvertising, Marketing, Nonprofit

Danielle Hughes is the Chief Personality Officer of More Than Words Marketing....

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Can You Afford Financial Illiteracy?

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCommunication

IndustryFinance

Speaker Marli Mesibov

We can increase financial literacy, and thus improve customer satisfaction and success....

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Jacinda Walker

DisciplinesBusiness, Graphic Design, User Research

TopicsCareer, Community, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Service Design, Social Innovation

IndustryEducation

Jacinda is renowned for her work in design, diversity, research, and strategy. She is...

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Manipulative Design Practices Online: Policy Solutions for the EU and the US

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsEthics, Leadership, Policy

IndustriesGovernment, Technology

Speaker Kat Zhou

Panel on regulating deceptive design practices in the EU and US....

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Personalization for Healthcare Content

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCommunication, Design Strategy

Speaker Marli Mesibov

Personalization is an exciting idea - but it's a lot of work. Done wrong it either...

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Alkistis Mavroeidi

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Management & Strategy

IndustryTechnology

Alkistis Mavroeidi is the UX Design Lead at the online travel company KAYAK, and is...

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Best practices in designing and developing for the human experience

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsCommunication, Culture, Design Thinking, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Jess Huang

Learn the basic tenets of User Experience Design Explore the role of software developers in UX Design — and how they can make or break an experience Discover some tips for incorporating the user experience into the developer's everyday work, and interfacing with designers (without growing to hate each ...

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