Celebrating

WiDesign’21 Speakers

The mission of UMO’s WiDesign Fest 2021 is to educate and empower a million women/girls with the design skills and confidence necessary to get a job by 2030.

As a first and significant step, we invite everyone, not just women, from design and related domains who believe in women empowerment to support and celebrate by being part of WiDesign’21.

Get Inspiration From Industry Leaders. WiDesign Fest will be a mix of inspirational talks by leading practitioners in design, pioneers from the industry, management gurus, social innovators, and many industry UX folks specially curated for you.

WiDESIGN FEST’21

6 March – 17 April 2021

Join the live talks, panels, and workshops by established women leaders.
Live talks every saturday, LIVE / Recorded talks., Live Panel Discussion.
You will pay $10 USD for the 7 weeks

6 March

1

Saturday

7.30 IST

9.00 EST

6.00 PDT

13 March

2

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Saturday

8.30 IST

10.00 EST

7.00 PDT

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<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/neeti.png" />

Live Talk

Neeti Gupta

Workplace Partnerships, Facebook

United States

Live Talk

Shweta Gangoli

Sr Architect and BIM Project Manager, Neilsoft Pvt Ltd

India

Panel Discussion

Neeti Gupta

Workplace Partnerships, Facebook

United States

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/shweta.png" />

Shweta Gangoli

Sr Architect and BIM Project Manager, Neilsoft Pvt Ltd

India

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/neha.png" />

Neha Saraswat

Senior Manager, Walmart Global Tech

India

20 March

3

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<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/madhumita.png" />

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/upma.png" />

Saturday

8.30 IST

10.00 EST

7.00 PDT

<img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg" >

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/manisha.png" />

Live Talk

Manisha Bhalekar

Head of User Experience Design, DAT Solutions

United States

Live Talk

Rozina Spinnoy

Managing Director, Belgium Design Council

Belgium

Live Talk

Sangeetha Jayaram

Associate Director – Design, Accenture

India

Live Talk

Oishee Sen

Designer, Microsoft

India

Panel Discussion

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/madhumita.png" />

Madhumita Gupta

Director Of UX, Myntra

India

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/upma.png" />

Upma Varshney

Lead UI/UX Design, Webonise

India

27 March

4

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<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/riddhi.png" />

Saturday

8.30 IST

10.00 EST

7.00 PDT

<img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg" >

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/sabhyata.png" />

Live Talk

Sabhyata Jain

UX Designer, Microsoft

India

Live Talk

Nitya Kumar

Head of Design, NUMA Bengaluru

India

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Live Talk

Priti Saini

Associate Director – Larsen & Toubro Infotech

India

Live Talk

Michelle Parayil

Senior Conversation Designer, Jio Haptik

India

Panel Discussion

Chinmayi Dumbre

Head of Design/Product at MetroGuild Inc

India

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/riddhi.png" />

Riddhi Mehta

Head Of Design at Tatvic Analytics

India

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/priti.png">

Priti Saini

Associate Director – Larsen & Toubro Infotech

India

Renu Kaushik

Senior User Experience Designer, ServiceNow

India

3 April

5

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<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/suruchika.png" />

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/dhruti.png" />

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ashoomi.png" />

Saturday

8.30 IST

10.00 EST

7.00 PDT

<img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg" >

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/vidhya.png" />

Live Talk

Vidhya Appu

Design, Shop101

India

Live Talk

Sneha Bhadauria

Sr. Product Designer at Centime, Inc.

India

Live Talk

Anurati Srivastva

Associate Project Officer, UNESCO MGIEP

India

Live Talk

Kadambari Sahu

Senior Vice President-Design at ValueLabs

India

Panel Discussion

Dhanashree Manohar

Senior UX Designer, NextUX Design Agency

India

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/suruchika.png" />

Suruchika Singh

Sr. UX Designer, Informatica

India

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/dhruti.png" />

Dhruti Soni

Founder, Women In Design

India

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ashoomi.png" />

Ashoomi Dholakia

Senior Design Researcher, Honeywell

India

10 April

6

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<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Shahee.png" />

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Shey.png" />

Saturday

8.30 IST

10.00 EST

7.00 PDT

<img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg" >

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/sandhya.png" />

Live Talk

Sandhya V

Senior Interaction Designer, frog

India

Live Talk

Thea Betts

Product Design Lead, Roam

NEW ZEALAND

Live Talk

Prathima Inolu

Chief Designer, Divami Design Labs

India

Recorded Talk

Kavitha T

Experience Design Lead, ThoughtWorks

India

Recorded Talk

Pranava Tandra

Designer, Microsoft Teams

India

Panel Discussion

Neelam Gulrajani

Design, CureFit

India

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Shahee.png" />

Shahee Hiran

Product Design Lead, Flipkart

India

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Shey.png" />

Shey Cobley

Global Head, TCS Interactive

UNITED KINGDOM

17 April

7

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Jyotsna.png" />

Saturday

8.30 IST

10.00 EST

7.00 PDT

<img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img data-src='https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg' class='lazyload' src='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='><noscript><img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/close.jpg" >

<img src="https://www.umo.design/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Jyotsna.png" />

Live Talk

Jyotsna Malhotra

Lead Experience Designer, Verizon

India

Live Talk

Vaishnavi Reddy

Founder, Origin UI UX

India

Live Talk

Vaishali Kalra

Brand Designer, GetVital

India

Recorded Talk

Lakshyya Mahalwal

Product design, Syfe

India

Recorded Talk

Romi Dey

Senior UX Designer, YUJ Designs

India

Live Talk

Kranti Vanjari

Design Lead, WNS Global Services

India