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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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Tamara Adlin

DisciplinesBusiness, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsBlockchain, Business Design, Business Strategy, Career, Innovation, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Location5900 West Green Lake Way N, Seattle, WA 98103, USA

Tamara Adlin is the President of Adlin, Inc. She is a C-level strategy and user experience consultant to startups and companies that want to behave more like startups. Tamara prides herself on being an untangler of hairballs, a champion of focus, and a practial-izer of user centeredness. She co-authored the Persona Lifecycle books, and has invented a new Alignment Persona methodology to get executives and stakeholders to answer hard questions super-early and stick to their strategies, and thus give...

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Maria Teresa Stella

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCareer, Communication, Design Thinking, Methodology

IndustriesFinance, Marketing, Technology

Senior UX Designer for B2B | UX Mentor | Speaker...

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Creating an inclusive workplace with JS

DisciplineFront-end Engineering

TopicsCulture, Diversity & Inclusion, JavaScript

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Trish Ang

🌈 People work best when they can be their authentic selves in the workplace. Find...

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Kate Canales

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Innovation, Social Innovation

IndustryEducation

Kate Canales is a Research Professor and the Director of Design and Innovation...

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Race to the Top: Building Skyscrapers and Design Teams that Soar

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsLeadership, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Alissa Briggs

In this talk, you’ll learn how skyscrapers get built and apply these lessons to...

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Sudha Broslawsky

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking

IndustriesFinance, Technology

Sudha is VP of Design & User Research at Freedom Financial network....

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The Design of Business | The Business of Design S2E9: Ashleigh Axios

DisciplineBrand

TopicsCareer, Leadership

IndustryGovernment

Speaker Ashleigh Axios

Ashleigh Axios is the design exponent at Automattic and a former creative director...

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Stephanie Melodia

DisciplinesArt, Brand, Business, Content Strategy, Graphic Design, Sales

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Career, Creativity, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Illustration, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Social Networks, Storytelling, Teamwork

IndustriesAdvertising, Marketing, Technology

Bloom CEO, Time to Bloom podcast host, public speaker, & gender equality thought leader....

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Mastering Self-Advocacy: A Blueprint

DisciplinesBrand, Business

TopicsCareer, Communication, Leadership, Storytelling

Speaker Shailvi Wakhlu

A blueprint for honing your self-advocacy prowess, delivering benefits for your growth....

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How to Lead a Team in Perilous Times?

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Leadership

Speaker Alberta Soranzo

What does good leadership look like in a time of crisis?...

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Sucheta Rawal

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCommunity, Culture, Environment, Leadership, Storytelling, Sustainability, Wellness

IndustryEducation

Sucheta Rawal is an award-winning food & travel writer, founder of Go Eat Give, and author...

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Designing for Users: How to Create a Better User Experience

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsAccessibility, Web & Mobile

Speaker Clarissa Peterson

Developers often have to make decisions that will affect the usability of the finished site, such as choosing appropriate input types, maximizing performance, and including accessibility features. Learn to think like a user and uncover usability problems that might not be apparent at first glance. Hear some tips make your site more usable and accessible. User experience isn't just for designers to think ...

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