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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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Yulia Piterkina

DisciplinesArchitecture, Interior Design

TopicsCreativity, Design Thinking

IndustryRetail

LocationWoodinville, WA, USA

Yulia is a self-taught designer and decorator with a keen eye; interior photographer; plant lover and travel enthusiast. Prior to completely switching career paths 8 years ago, she worked as business consultant and project manager in various spheres from hi-tech, human resources and marketing, to finance. In 2018 Julia opened her own Interior Design Studio in greater Seattle area with a focus on helping people maximize the use of the available space and creating original interiors that are practical,...

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Lucille Tenazas

DisciplinesBrand, Graphic Design

TopicsDesign Strategy

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education

Lucille Tenazas is both an educator and graphic designer. Her studio, Tenazas Design...

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Toward Emotionally Intelligent Design

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsCulture

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Pamela Pavliscak

We know what makes most people click, but we don’t know as much about how they...

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De Nichols

DisciplineImmersive Experience Design

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Installation & Curation, Social Innovation, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Government

De Nichols is a social practice designer who address racial injustices...

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Economics & Design: How to Measure Wealth

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsDesign Strategy

Speaker Hanna du Plessis

Recent graduate, Hannah Swart talks about a project she did on how to measure wealth...

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Lacey Wilson

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCommunication, Creativity, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Storytelling

IndustriesEducation, Healthcare, Nonprofit

Lacey engages individuals in conversations that empower and transform communication....

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Celebrating Intersectionality while Building Belonging

DisciplineBrand

TopicsDiversity & Inclusion

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Michelle Singleton

A workshop on Afro-Latinx experiences & building community....

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Sadhvi Sharma

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Immersive Experience Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking

Senior Product Designer | UX Specialist | Experience Designer ...

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Beyond Binary: Designing for Gender Inclusivity

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsDesign Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion

Speaker Anna Cook

User Experience design for transgender, genderfluid, and non-binary people....

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Redesign Growth

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Culture, Innovation

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Louisa Heinrich

The prioritization of growth above all else, coupled with the belief that technology...

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Shayda Torabi

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Content Strategy

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Communication, Community, Entrepreneurship, Social Networks, Storytelling

IndustriesMarketing, Retail

Shayda Torabi is a first generation American Iranian and has been called one of the...

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Let’s Build a CSS Game

DisciplineFront-end Engineering

TopicsCSS, HTML

IndustryTechnology

EventCSSconfEU

Speaker Una Kravets

Let’s live code a game together using just CSS and HTML! This talk will demonstrate the power of CSS and will teach a few fun tips as tricks as we build a simple game. It’ll be based in Sass — using data structures like matrices and HTML counter-incrementing, and a little bit of web magic to tie it all together. This talk will inspire you to play with and create your own CSS games, pushing the boundaries of what’s expected from the language ...

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