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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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JD Sassaman

DisciplineArchitecture

TopicsCommunication, Innovation, Leadership

IndustryArts & Entertainment

LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA

JD currently leads one of the most adventurous, cutting-edge spaces for innovation and fabrication in the country, the Autodesk Pier 9 Workshop. Bringing together designers, engineers, and thinkers to push the limits of what both hardware and software can do, the shop empowers thought leadership through hands-on learning and making. With a Masters in Architecture from MIT and a certificate in Fine Woodworking from the College of the Redwoods, JD’s background spans technology, craft, and design....

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Sara Thacher

DisciplinesInteraction Design, Product Design

TopicsStorytelling

IndustryArts & Entertainment

Sara Thacher is a Creative Lead at Walt Disney Imagineering Research &...

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Beyond Gamification: Lessons from Game Design for Engaging Users

DisciplinesGame Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy

Speaker Catt Small

When UX designers think of techniques that have been borrowed from game design,...

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Charmie Shah

DisciplinesBrand, Graphic Design, Motion & Animation

TopicsCreativity

IndustryAdvertising

NYC-based award-winning creative director & designer, embracing vulnerability for growth....

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Closing The Empathy Gap With Mobile Businesses

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsWeb & Mobile

Speaker Audrey Liu

When you’re designing for mobile – for the nooks and crannies of someone’s life...

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Nancy Medoff

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCareer, Communication, Innovation, Storytelling

Confidence, Persusaion and Negotitations Expert...

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Linking customers to the design process

DisciplineProduct Design

TopicsDesign Thinking

Speaker Laura Weiss

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Susan Lin

DisciplinesArt, Business, Product Design

TopicsBusiness Strategy, Creativity, CSS, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Leadership

Designer & Artist. I'm the Founder of Mintlodica, the cult cute mechanical...

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Accessibility, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: UX Writing for Diverse User Bases

DisciplineContent Strategy

TopicsAccessibility, Diversity & Inclusion

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Natalie Dunbar

Accessible, equitable, and inclusive UX writing for diverse user bases....

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Information Architecture and Content Strategy: The Experience Making Magic of Tidying Stuff

DisciplinesContent Strategy, Information Architecture

TopicsAccessibility, Web & Mobile

Speaker Natalie Dunbar

How IA and content strategy have evolved over time as complementary disciplines....

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Rittika Basu

DisciplinesGraphic Design, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, User Experience, User Interface, User Research

TopicsAccessibility, Adobe XD, Creativity, Culture, Data, Design Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Innovation, Methodology, Storytelling, Visual Thinking, Web & Mobile

IndustriesAdvertising, Arts & Entertainment, Education, Healthcare, Technology

Rittika is the Senior Visual Designer at Merkle, a Dentsu Company....

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Health-Centered Design: Reclaiming Technology Design For a Culture of Health

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Thinking, Ethics, Innovation

IndustriesHealthcare, Technology

Speaker Jenka Gurfinkel

Whether we work on consumer apps or enterprise software, the choices we make as designers directly affect the physical, mental, social, and professional health of our users. So how do we design for values that promote a culture of health? This session will look at the legacy of persuasive design philosophy that has led to our current, coercive technology present, and explore a vision for an alternate design future, including practical examples and decision-making approaches to support values that promote ...

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