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Mitali Gupta

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Design Strategy, Innovation, Product Development

Product Innovator & Strategist...

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Mia Scharphie

DisciplinesArchitecture, Immersive Experience Design, Landscape Architecture

TopicsCareer, Creativity, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustryEducation

Mia Scharphie founded Build Yourself, a career coaching company for women in design....

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Lola Salehu

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Business Design, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, IoT, Product Development, Web & Mobile

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education, Finance, Technology

Lola Salehu is a Product Designer, Writer, Public Speaker & Frontend Developer from Lagos....

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Julie Muniz

DisciplinesBusiness, Content Strategy, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Product Design, User Research

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Career, Communication, Culture, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Installation & Curation, Management & Strategy

Julie Muñiz is an International Trend Forecasting Consultant and Curator with over...

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Claire Kwon

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Information Architecture, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Teamwork

Claire is a seasoned design leader and former award-winning college-level design...

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Aadhya Krishna

DisciplinesIndustrial Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsCreativity, Design Thinking, Innovation, Service Design, Sustainability

Aadhya is an award winning product/experience designer and innovation evangelist from...

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Nishtha Dalal

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsCareer, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship

IndustryTechnology

Nishtha is a designer, entrepreneur, and writer working to grow diversity in design....

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Rachel Beth Egenhoefer

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCommunity, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Environment, Privilege, Sustainability

IndustryEducation

Systems thinker for sustainability, design leader for intersectional change, Professor...

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Alex Schorndorf

DisciplineInteraction Design

TopicsCareer, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking

IndustryTechnology

I am a UX designer at Google; helping people communicate with ease in...

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Sheba Mathew

DisciplinesProduct Management, User Experience, User Research

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Creativity, Design Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Innovation, IoT, Methodology, Product Development, Robotics & AI, Social Innovation

IndustriesHealthcare, Technology

Sheba is a User Experience Researcher who leverages mixed-methods research to rapidly...

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Natalia Filvarova

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, Product Management, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Career, Communication, Creativity, Design Thinking, Product Development, Social Innovation, Storytelling

Natalia is a lover of food, tech, and human-centric design, on a mission to connect...

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Samira Creel

DisciplineProduct Management

TopicsAgile, Career, Design Thinking, Product Development

Samira has a passion to learn about our technology-driven world and her customers....

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Lauren Isaacson

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsAccessibility

Lauren Isaacson is a market and user experience research consultant from Vancouver, BC....

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Jenny Drescher

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCommunication, Creativity, Culture, Innovation, Leadership, Teamwork

Jenny Drescher is an invigorating speaker and coach with a bold, funny style....

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Rachel McConnell

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCommunication, Design Strategy, Leadership, Management & Strategy

Content design manager for BT. Author. Curator for Content by Design....

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Claudette Gadsden

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCareer, Communication

IndustriesEducation, Healthcare

It is my passion to guide individuals to increase their influence in the world,...

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Azima Mansuri

DisciplineInteraction Design

TopicsCareer, Community, Creativity, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustriesHealthcare, Technology

Azima Mansuri is a Seattle-based UX Designer at Microsoft....

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Rachel Posman

DisciplineDesign Operations

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Design Strategy, Management & Strategy, Methodology

IndustryTechnology

I'm a Design Operations leader: a service and experience designer for Design teams....

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Anna Scandella

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsAccessibility, AR/VR, Business Strategy, Design Thinking, Methodology, Service Design

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Technology

LocationLeeds, UK

Anna Scandella is a UX Designer based in Leeds. She works for Pocketworks, helping businesses transform their customer experiences through mobile apps. She has been leading discovery workshops with a particular focus on the human centred design approach, working with both private and public sectors. She is passionate about everything digital, but can’t live without her...

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B. Pagels-Minor

DisciplinesBusiness, Product Management

TopicsAgile, Business Strategy, Career, Community, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Methodology, Product Development, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

B. is a native of Mississippi who relocated to the Silicon Valley in 2018 from...

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Deepti Vyas

DisciplineProduct Management

TopicsCommunication, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustryTechnology

Deepti Vyas, is the technology leader, team builder and a product coach. She has been...

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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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Alana Washington

DisciplinesBusiness, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Design, Data, Diversity & Inclusion, Service Design, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Technology

Alana Washington is a design leader, strategist, and researcher. Currently, she’s a...

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Vivian Acquah

DisciplinesArchitecture, Brand, Business, Content Strategy, User Experience

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Career, Creativity, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Storytelling, Sustainability, Teamwork

IndustryEducation

I advise organisations with keeping their employees healthy, happy & safe....

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Putting people first: UX through a service design lens

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsService Design

Speaker Marie Cheung

UX has the word ‘user’ in the title, but how many organisations really recognise the importance of people in creating better digital user experiences? Pixels and code are important to understand, but do you understand the language of the person viewing the content? What if we approached user experience by putting people first; instead of designing websites, think about the design of the whole service, considering the person before, during and after. What about how this links with other services ...

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