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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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Katie Swindler

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCareer, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Leadership, Web & Mobile

IndustryMarketing

LocationChicago, IL, USA

Katie leads the experience strategy for Allstate online marketing products including the Allstate.com quoting experiences and My Account. Originally educated as a theatre director, she brings a unique perspective to digital work. She believes if brands wish to truly connect with consumers they must combine emotion and utility, storytelling and technology to create experiences that go beyond satisfaction to delight. Prior to joining Allstate, Katie was a UX Director at FCB Chicago where she was the UX...

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Lisa Ghisolf

DisciplinesBrand, Graphic Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsAdobe XD, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Web & Mobile

IndustriesAdvertising, Healthcare

Lisa Ghisolf is Gizmo Creative Factory, with 20+ years in design and WordPress dev....

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Equitable Design for Persons with Disabilities

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Interface

TopicsAccessibility, Agile, Design Strategy, Disability, Innovation, Product Development, Social Innovation

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Cassandra Gibson

An interactive session about universal design...

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Amanda Gore

DisciplineImmersive Experience Design

TopicsBusiness Design, Communication, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Environment, Innovation, Installation & Curation, Leadership, Methodology, Social Innovation, Sustainability, Visual Thinking

IndustryArts & Entertainment

Amanda Gore is the director of The Liminal Space....

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Effective Creative Leadership

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsLeadership

Speaker Sarah B. Nelson

A search on Amazon shows 62,000+ books on leadership but almost nothing to help...

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Gretchen Anderson

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, IoT, Leadership, Robotics & AI, Teamwork

Gretchen is a product design leader and author who runs an independent practice consulting...

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Design Thinking—the secret sauce to growing our niche group to the largest women in tech community in The Netherlands

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCommunity, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion

Speaker Jenny Shen

Design thinking is familiar to many designers as a framework in a product development...

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Aoife O’Dwyer

DisciplinesArt, Brand, Design Operations, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCareer, Communication, Community, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Leadership, Visual Thinking

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Marketing, Technology

Aoife is a designer, illustrator, artist and curator based in county Limerick,...

TalkVideoGallery

Live from SXSW 2018: Disruptive Technology and Innovation with Guest Jay Samit

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Research

TopicsAR/VR, Innovation, IoT, Robotics & AI, Social Innovation

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Tracy Leigh Hazzard

Broadcasting live from SXSW on disruption and digital innovation on the WTFFF?! 3D Print P...

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Mindful design: designing with presence for purpose and inclusion

DisciplineBrand

TopicsSustainability

Speaker Raffaella Isidori

How the principles of Mindfulness can be applied to all aspects of our work....

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Catherine Lehman

DisciplinesArt, Product Design, Sales

TopicsDesign Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Retail

Catherine Lehman is a designer / business owner with a diverse career...

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Design Ethics: Inclusivity in the Design Process

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion

Speaker Stephanie Lawrence

UX, collaboration and "listening to the customer" have increasingly become a standard part of the workflow for designers in the tech community. However, there is less discussion about how a lack of diversity in tech impacts this process, and how it can contribute to further exclusion marginalized groups. This talk lays out the parts of the design process (internal and with users) where designers need to think about who they include and exclude in their process, who they choose to listen to and who they ...

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