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Xiaobi (Iris) Pan

DisciplinesImmersive Experience Design, Industrial Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsAR/VR, Design Thinking, Innovation

IndustryTechnology

Xiaobi (Iris) Pan is a globally-recognized pioneer in the fields of User Experience...

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Jessica Lin

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsDesign Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Technology

Jessica is an award-winning designer currently working as a contract UX designer at...

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Blair Palmer

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Community, Data, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership, Policy, Product Development, Service Design, Social Innovation, Sustainability, Teamwork

IndustryNonprofit

Blair Palmer is a Senior Director for UNICEF USA’s Foundation Partnerships team,...

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Liz Roberts

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCommunity, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustriesMarketing, Technology

Elizabeth (Liz) Roberts: not just any Community Manager, but a veritable social...

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Mirandy Kim

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Thinking

Mirandy is a Senior Product Designer as NerdWallet. She has previously spoken at...

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Jenny Scribani

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Product Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Systems, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Methodology, Storytelling, Taxonomy

Jenny is an educator, content designer, and brand strategist with a decade of...

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Sophia Tai

DisciplinesArt, Brand, Business, Graphic Design, Product Design

TopicsCareer, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Lean, Product Development, Typography

IndustryTechnology

Type design & font development with specialty in COLRv1 fonts and Tamil script fonts....

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Swapna Malekar

DisciplinesBusiness, Product Management

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Career, Communication, Innovation, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Product Development

IndustryTechnology

Swapna, Principal Product Lead at Microsoft...

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Demarra West

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Communication, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship

IndustryHealthcare

Demarra West is founder and chief wellness officer of Be Well Beautiful Woman which...

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Courtney Robertson

DisciplineFront-end Engineering

TopicsCareer, Communication, Community, CSS, Diversity & Inclusion, JavaScript, SEO, Social Networks, Sustainability, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Courtney Robertson, an accomplished Open Source Developer Advocate at GoDaddy, a...

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Sarah Phares

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCareer, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking

UX consultant helping teams develop differentiated experiences through purposeful design...

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Jessica Bantom

DisciplinesBusiness, Interior Design

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion

Jessica Bantom is a DEIB & interior design consultant and author of Design for Identity....

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Nora Goerne

DisciplinesUser Experience, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Design Strategy, Disability, Diversity & Inclusion, Web & Mobile

Nora Goerne is an inclusive UX designer and researcher specialized in accessibility....

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Régine Lambrecht

DisciplineUser Interface

TopicsAccessibility

IndustriesEducation, Finance, Government, Technology, Telecommunications

Régine is an IAAP-certified Web Accessibility Specialist...

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Kat Richards

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Agile, Business Strategy, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Management & Strategy, Service Design, Storytelling

IndustriesAdvertising, Marketing

Kat is passionate about collaboration between business strategy, technology, and...

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Joana Chicau

DisciplinesInteraction Design, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsCommunity, Creativity, Data, Ethics, JavaScript, Methodology

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Education, Nonprofit, Technology

Joana Chicau is a designer and researcher — with a background in dance. She...

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Irina Kozlovskaya

DisciplineIndustrial Design

TopicsDesign Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership

IndustryTechnology

An accomplished design leader, Irina helped Fitbit, Nest, and HTC scale through...

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Dian Holton

DisciplineArt

TopicsCreativity, Diversity & Inclusion, Illustration, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Nonprofit

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Dian Holton is senior deputy art director at AARP Media and a freelance window display associate for the GAP. Her background includes publishing (print/digital), integrated marketing, branding, retail installation, styling and footwear design. She currently serves on the AIGA Washington DC chapter board as the Strategic Initiatives chair overseeing several tentpole AIGA initiatives such as Diversity + Inclusion, Design for Good, etc. Her passions include education, philanthropy, fashion and pop culture....

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Michelle Singleton

DisciplinesArt, Brand, Content Strategy, Fashion

TopicsCareer, Community, Creativity, Culture, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Product Development, Storytelling

IndustriesArts & Entertainment, Fashion, Marketing, Retail

Michelle Singleton is a multifaceted creative leader with 8 years of experience!...

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Sasha Endoh

DisciplinesDesign Operations, Engineering, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Management & Strategy, Teamwork, Web & Mobile

IndustriesNonprofit, Technology

Sasha believes in using technology's power for the greater good....

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Jahnavi Kurapati

DisciplinesBusiness, Product Management

TopicsBusiness Design, Business Strategy, Culture, Lean, Methodology, Product Development

IndustriesTechnology, Telecommunications

Jahnavi Kurapati is a Product Manager at Motorola Solutions in Chicagoland, where she...

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Ashley Worobec

DisciplinesArt, Brand, Business, Graphic Design

TopicsCreativity, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Management & Strategy, Methodology, Regenerative Design, Social Innovation, Sustainability

Ashley Worobec is a multidisciplinary designer and strategist for systems change,...

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Lindsey Gates-Markel

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsCommunication, Creativity, Design Strategy, Design Thinking

IndustryTechnology

Lead content strategist at Pixo, a woman-owned software and web consultancy in Urbana, IL....

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Designing for Trust

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, IoT, Security

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Ame Elliott

“I’m really excited about privacy and security” said no one, ever. But that’s because these topics are given a bad rap; generally perceived as negative and boring, with a level of complexity best left in the hands of cryptographers…. This needs to change. In a world heading towards the Internet of everything, it’s time to reframe how we experience privacy, and get designers enthusiastic about taking responsibility to help the public help ...

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