Have you ever found yourself knowing what you want to become and not being sure how to get there? Is there a better way to design our own career and make an impact as a UX professional? Is it a matter of hard or soft skills? What are the opportunities ahead of us?

In this panel we will explore how, as female designers, we can make a positive impact and be involved in making a difference in the workplace and society.

This event is very special because it is the first-year anniversary of Ladies that UX Milan! To celebrate it together, we invited four amazing designers we had the chance to meet this year: Alessandra Canella, Emanuela Damiani, Bruna Kochi and Valentina di Michele. They will share with us what it's really like to be a woman in the design industry in 2020, explaining the challenges they faced during their careers and discussing what they've made a change in their scenarios.

The event will be held on Zoom. Feel free to turn on your camera and chat with us! After the panel, we will continue the celebration with a speed networking, with cameras on, in which, you will be able to talk with other members of our community if you're interested (no pressure!).

To celebrate even more the occasion, we created our first exclusive t-shirt of Ladies that UX Milan, in collaboration with the amazing and talented Portuguese illustrator, Cláudia Alexandrino (@shutupclaudia). We are thrilled to show you our new creation during the event!

We look forward to having you in this talk and please join us in the conversation afterwards!

About the guests:

ALESSANDRA CANELLA

Alessandra is a Service Designer with ten years of experience working on projects for private and public clients, leading international teams to deliver impact.She crafted her design mindset and toolkit working for the private sector as a Strategic Service Designer, managing projects for a wide range of industries, from health care to mass market retail ones, in Europe, Asia and the USA.Tired of designing for the unnecessary, she joined FutureGov, looking to use her expertise to have a real impact. She has been working on projects for Local and Central Government and the Third Sector, working on housing, children and adult social services, rural transport and health challenges. She is currently the Head of the Service Design team. In May 2020 she co-founded Mega Mentor, a service to change mentorship for design leaders.

See her previous talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcbLu6euLBU

EMANUELA DAMIANI

Emanuela Damiani is a Senior UX Designer at Mozilla, She has been living in Berlin since 5 year, she is the chapter founder and chapter lead of Ladies that UX Berlin and Berlin Design Systems Coalition. In her career she helps companies and organizations to innovate through design practices.

See her previous talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPucEnbTnzA

BRUNA KOCHI

Bruna Kochi is Service & Interaction Designer at Fjord Madrid. Contributing in projects with Strategy, Service Design and Interaction Design she ensures great experience for digital products and services. Bruna also worked for Tech, Publishing and Education industries. She graduated in Graphic Design and since she got her master’s degree in Strategic Design and Service Design she dedicates her career to this field.

See her previous talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFOSyVNHBno

VALENTINA DI MICHELE

Valentina di Michele is a content strategist, keynote speaker and consultant in digital communication. Specialized in UX writing and behavior-driven content for Human-Machine Interactions, Valentina is the CEO & Founder of Officina Microtesti, first UX Writing and behavioral design in Italy. She also works as lecturer in Digital Marketing for University Executive Programs and Corporate and UX Writing & Microcopy Italia official community founder & admin.

See her previous talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK7qSRPHRRw

About Ladies that UX:

We are a friendly, welcoming and collaborative community, with a growing number of local groups based in cities worldwide. We are in more than 75 cities around the world, born in 2013. We are not a common technology community, our goal is not just to network and talk about a popular topic. We understand that women need a dedicated space to encourage, support and promote each other, and so more and more women may be interested in working with UX and technology.