Neil Redding

Near Futurist | Innovation Architect | AI & Spatial Computing Expert
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Domestic In-Person (USA):

$15,000 - $25,000*

International In-Person:

$20,001 - $30,000*

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About

The technological landscape is advancing exponentially, impacting every aspect of our humanity and our businesses. With the future arriving faster than ever, there’s unprecedented opportunity to evolve rapidly and lead from the front — yet we need to move beyond traditional foresight and existing design practices to do so.

A sought-after keynote speaker on stages like SXSW, Dubai Future Forum, and Building the Future, and corporate events for Meta, Microsoft, and more, Neil guides audiences towards a paradigm-shifting realization: Our realities are wholly co-created. By integrating technologies like AI and spatial computing with our physical, digital, and natural ecosystems, we can unlock new innovations, evolved business models, sustainable growth, and deeper connectedness across all aspects of work and life.

By skillfully connecting the possible with the practical, our virtual and physical environments, and society’s potential with the here and now, Neil Redding is a Near Futurist with over 30 years of expertise in unlocking the reality-shaping capabilities of emerging technologies for audiences, brands and teams.

With expertise as an Innovation Architect and computer scientist, Neil has pioneered Near Future teams at diverse firms including Mediacom, Gensler, and Thoughtworks, helping to evolve their portfolios into groundbreaking territory. Neil operates his boutique consultancy, Redding Futures, to deliver disruptive strategies for world-class brands, and has served clients including Visa, Nike, Apple, and Verizon, among dozens of others. His foundational Near Future Framework translates emerging technology possibilities into practical business value via ecosystem-centered design, promoting resilience, sustainable growth, deeper customer relationships, and transformative business opportunity.

As a speaker, Neil inspires and activates audiences with expertise, relatability, and humor. His visionary talks connect the profound with the practical, offering actionable steps that expand our relationship with reality and co-create thriving futures through AI and spatial computing, without fear. To book Neil for your conference, corporate event, or panel, reach out in the Near Future.

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AI as a Catalyst: From Machines to Ecosystems

Orchestrating Reality: AI, Spatial Computing and the Near Future of Creativity

Co-Creating the Near Future with AI & Spatial Computing

Videos

https://vimeo.com/1052840561
Neil Redding, The Near Futurist — 2025 Keynote Speaking Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMotTAZlvYs
Festival do Clube de Criação 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdecpodiP8I
SXSW 2024 - Co-Creating the Near Future with Spatial Computing & AI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keKd2QkjAtc&t=4s
SXSW 2023 - The Ecosystem Paradigm: Thriving-Future Tools
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHPTRg9Q0hw&t=1s
Future Hacker: Co-creating the Near Future with Neil Redding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGAAmd4iyQ4&t=1s
What's Wrong With: The Podcast - Decoding Near Futurism ft. Neil Redding

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Testimonials

"This session was truly remarkable, we had the presence of Neil Redding, a Near Futurist, who took us on an exciting journey about AI, Spatial Computing and co-creation of reality and challenged us to rethink concepts, and to a deep reflection on the transformative potential of AI in our organizations and in our lives!"

Manuel Dias National Technology Officer & Executive Board Member
Microsoft

"Neil Redding's participation in the Meta Brazil activation during SXSW was incredibly valuable. His deep understanding of AI and spatial computing allowed him to effectively address the specific challenges and needs of our clients' businesses.”

Conrado Leister, VP & Managing Director
Meta

“Currently, lectures on artificial intelligence have taken over our timelines and events. As one of the keynote speakers, Neil brought to the audience a depth that is not only technological, but also questions the way we understand what our reality is, what our main challenges and opportunities may be in this journey of integration and evolution of humans and of technologies. If you don't know him, as I didn't, here's my tip: Mind blowing.”

Cristiane Camargo, CEO
IAB Brazil

“We sponsored Neil’s opening keynote at the annual IAB Brazil event in São Paulo. The presentation brought intriguing perspectives on emerging technologies that engaged the audience and triggered tons of positive feedback about his session. Always easy to communicate and flexible, Neil is great to partner with."

Laura Chiavone, Head of Agency
Meta

"Neil brings an exciting new lens to business model evolution and to solving humanity-scale challenges."

Karel Golta, CEO
Indeed Innovation

“Neil Redding's session on spatial computing offered a profound philosophical journey into the nature of reality, suggesting that our perceptions are more malleable than we might think. By comparing augmented reality (AR) to lucid dreaming, Redding proposed that AR allows us to construct and experience our own realities, blending the digital and physical worlds in unprecedented ways.”

Justin Westcott
Edelman

“Near Futurist Neil Redding called this convergence of spatial and AI a ‘huge unlock for the promise of co-creating reality,’ thanks to its ability to deliver a sense of presence and togetherness. Reality is no longer objective he said, pointing to OpenAI’s SORA as a precursor for how we will conjure our own realities. We’re at a turning point where ‘quantum reality becomes reality’ said Redding, and once we realise that ‘we co-create reality, everything becomes possible.”

Marie Stafford, Global Director
VML