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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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Janice Dru-Bennett

DisciplinesBrand, Business, Immersive Experience Design, Sales

TopicsAR/VR, Business Strategy, Career, Communication, Community, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Social Networks, Sustainability, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Janice Dru-Bennett leads as Senior Enterprise Experience Strategist at NexTech AR Solutions, driving a vision to create infinite experiences that inspire the world and a mission to pioneer immersive technologies empowering people to achieve a better future. The team at Nextech AR designs, develops, and delivers immersive experiences to reach the masses, increase revenues and turn vision into reality. The company helps event managers, associations, and agencies build and improve their event strategy,...

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Lara Hanlon

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Graphic Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsCreativity, Culture, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Storytelling

Designing Design Systems at IBM....

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Figma in the Classroom

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCareer

Speaker Julianne Burke

Creative uses of Figma in the...

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Karla Rodriguez

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsCreativity, Culture, Data, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Innovation, Leadership

IndustryTechnology

Karla Rodriguez is a Product and Design Lead. Her technical talks focus on use of...

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Transform Your Email Strategy With Design Leadership

DisciplineInteraction Design

TopicsLeadership, Service Design

Speaker Andrea Mignolo

When a company embraces good design it permeates not only the product but the entire...

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Gathigia Njiiri

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, Product Management, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsBusiness Design, Design Strategy, Design Thinking

IndustryTechnology

Solving problems contextually....

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I am Superman

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsIoT, Service Design

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Louisa Heinrich

Our lives can be seen as a combination of data, decisions and that unique element we...

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Jessica Millstone

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsCareer, Community, Ethics, Product Development, Storytelling

IndustryEducation

Jessica Millstone is the Director of Engagement and UX Researcher at BrainPOP,...

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Digital Accessibility Empathy Lab, a humble tool for user-oriented accessibility

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsAccessibility

Speaker Régine Lambrecht

How to properly set up a digital accessibility empathy lab...

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How to be a Person in Science (and Other Areas)

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCareer, Diversity & Inclusion

Speaker Rebecca Searles

Designing your STEM...

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Lisa Gringl

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsCSS, Illustration

Lisa Gringl has been working as a digital designer for 6 years. In addition to user...

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Designing for the Next Billion People

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsCulture, Diversity & Inclusion, Social Networks

Speaker Paola Mariselli

Facebook’s mission is to make the world more open and connected. We know the next billion people to access Facebook will be different than the last billion. What does designing for the next billion people entail? In looking at our design process for emerging markets, we will learn about our approach to product design in general. We will discuss building products with empathy, the value of working cross-functionally, and how to create quality products for everyone, regardless of their connection or ...

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