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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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Charu Sharma

DisciplineBusiness

TopicsCareer, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Robotics & AI

IndustryTechnology

LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA

Charu Sharma is the Founder & CEO of NextPlay.ai. Companies like Square, Lyft, Asurion and Splunk use their mobile app to build sticky and measurable mentorship programs at scale for employee upskilling, internal mobility, & tapping into untapped mentors and sponsors. After 6 months of using NextPlay’s app, the mentees felt twice as equipped to achieve their goals at their company and the mentors significantly developed their critical leadership and coaching skills. Collectively, 25% more...

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Lauren Mosenthal

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Design Systems, Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Social Networks

Lauren is a product designer & researcher....

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Shedding Light on Dark Patterns: A Case Study on Digital Harms

DisciplinesInformation Architecture, Product Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsDesign Strategy, Ethics, Product Development, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Noreen Whysel

A framework for evaluating the digital harm in online products and services...

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Jennie Moore

DisciplinesBrand, Business

TopicsCareer, Communication, Creativity, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Storytelling

IndustryAdvertising

Jennie is an award-winning creative director and copywriter at WONGDOODY, Seattle....

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The Worst Negotiating Mistakes (and how to avoid them)

DisciplinesBusiness, Graphic Design

TopicsBusiness Design, Career, Communication

IndustryMarketing

Speaker Ilise Benun

Author and national speaker, Ilise Benun, at Titanides Live in Delray Beach Florida...

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Jennifer Kilian

DisciplineUser Experience

TopicsDesign Strategy

Meet Jennifer. Equal parts business strategist and creative visionary, Jennifer takes...

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Web3 and blockchain user experience

DisciplineInteraction Design

TopicsBlockchain, Design Strategy, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Tamara Adlin

A user experience expert brings a new perspective to the tech-heavy world fo ...

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Rannie Teodoro

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience, User Research

TopicsCareer, Communication, Creativity, Culture, Design Strategy, Design Thinking, Diversity & Inclusion, Leadership, Management & Strategy, Methodology, Privilege, Product Development, Social Networks, Storytelling, Teamwork

IndustryTechnology

Rannie Teodoro, Ph.D., is the Head of Design at Thumbtack....

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Hope Is Not A Method: How improving diversity in your design team makes better products and what you can do about it.

DisciplinesProduct Design, User Experience

TopicsDiversity & Inclusion, Management & Strategy

Speaker Lisa deBettencourt

Did you know that seat-belted female drivers and children in actual crashes have a...

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Scaling Research Through Enablement

DisciplineUser Research

TopicsCommunication, Management & Strategy

Speaker Roberta Dombrowski

In companies of all sizes, the demand for user research continues to grow. It is our...

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Leisa Reichelt

DisciplinesEngineering, Information Architecture, User Experience, User Research

TopicsAgile, IoT, Leadership, Service Design

Leisa leads a team of designers, researchers, writers and analysts who work within...

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Animating Vue

DisciplinesFront-end Engineering, Motion & Animation, User Experience, User Interface

TopicsJavaScript, Web & Mobile

IndustryTechnology

Speaker Sarah Drasner

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