Neil Redding

With 30+ years shaping innovation for brands like Nike, Visa, and Apple, Neil Redding reveals how emerging technologies drive business transformation.

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“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.’”

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Why book Neil Redding for your next event

Neil Redding has collaborated with global giants like Apple, Nike, Visa, and Verizon to design transformative innovation strategies. His proven track record ensures your organization benefits from the same forward-thinking approaches trusted by the world’s leading brands.
As a keynote speaker at SXSW, Dubai Future Forum, and Universo TOTVS, Neil has inspired audiences worldwide with his vision of emerging technologies. Booking him brings internationally recognized expertise that resonates with both leadership and diverse professional teams.
Neil has partnered with innovation-driven companies such as Meta, Microsoft, and Edelman, helping them unlock practical business value from disruptive technologies. His insights show organizations how to translate cutting-edge advancements into measurable outcomes.

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Unlocking the Future: From Emerging Tech to Practical Business Impact

A visionary Near Futurist and Innovation Architect, Neil Redding empowers organizations to turn AI and spatial computing into measurable growth. With 30+ years’ experience advising brands like Apple, Nike, and Visa, his keynotes inspire leaders to harness emerging technologies for resilience, competitiveness, and transformative business impact.

Keynote Speaker Neil Redding is internationally recognized as a Near Futurist and Innovation Architect who bridges the gap between emerging technologies and practical business value. With more than 30 years of experience, he helps organizations unlock the transformative potential of AI, spatial computing, and ecosystem-centered innovation to create lasting impact.

Neil has delivered keynotes at world-leading stages including SXSW (Featured Speaker 2025, top-rated for three consecutive years), Rio Innovation Week, Universo TOTVS, Saúde Business Forum, and Experience Club SP, as well as at corporate events for Meta, Microsoft, and Edelman. His presentations inspire audiences to see beyond disruption, showing how the latest technologies can be applied today to drive growth, resilience, and competitiveness in tomorrow’s market.

Through his consultancy, Redding Futures, and previous leadership roles, Neil has collaborated with Apple, Visa, Nike, and Verizon, equipping decision-makers with actionable insights and frameworks to navigate rapid change. He transforms complex innovations into pragmatic strategies that fuel sustainable business success.

When you book Neil Redding, you bring your organization a proven expert who connects vision with execution—delivering both inspiration and practical tools to embrace the future with confidence.

Customer Reviews

Marie Stafford Global Director, Intelligence, VML

“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 Global Chair, Technology Sector, Edelman

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

Karel Golta CEO, Indeed Innovation

“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

“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

"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

"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

Keynotes

Keynote by Neil Redding:

The Near Future of Business With AI Agents

The world is shifting at an exponential pace — AI is no longer just a tool but an active participant in the evolution of business. We are entering the Agentic Era, where businesses will automatically adapt in real time to changes in supply chains, markets, geopolitics, and technology itself. In this transformative keynote, Near Futurist Neil Redding demonstrates how businesses can shift from static machines to living, self-adjusting ecosystems. AI agents will play an essential role — co-creating business realities, shaping strategy, automating decisions, and executing increasingly complex agendas. Attendees will leave with a new, actionable paradigm: AI as an active participant in our teams, workflows, and businesses. The near future of business is not merely efficient but continuously evolving — leveraging AI to drive sustainable growth and a resilient, thriving business.

Key Outcomes:

Key mindsets and strategic clarity for leveraging the Agentic Era's enormous opportunity
Practical tools and techniques executives can put into action immediately to lead the AI transformation of their businesses
A blueprint for sustainable, symbiotic business growth

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Keynote by Neil Redding:

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

The future is arriving so fast that traditional foresight and creative practices can't keep up. AI and spatial computing are building a tsunami of change that will profoundly impact every brand. How will yours ride this 100-foot wave? This convergence lets us conjure dreams into reality, and unlocks a new creative mode: the orchestration of evolving brand realities with both technology and consumers as participants. In this transformative talk, Near Futurist Neil Redding reveals the mindset and tools for practical co-creation of the future, starting with the near and even the now.

Key Outcomes:

Reality is a co-created ecosystem — Learn how to actively shape the near future
AI and spatial computing fuel participatory creativity — Harness these technologies to drive adaptive brand experiences and continuous innovation
From control to orchestration – Shift from managing outputs to dynamically co-creating with AI

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Keynote by Neil Redding:

Co-Creating the Near Future with AI & Spatial Computing

The convergence of AI and spatial computing enables us to conjure what we dream into our shared reality — and into our evolving business models. In this talk, Near Futurist Neil Redding showcases new tools for practical co-creation of the future, starting with the near and even the now. Drawing on wide-ranging inspiration including quantum mechanics theories, neuroscience, spiritual traditions, psychedelic insights, lucid dreaming and even entrepreneurial creation-from-nothing, we will experience the thin veil separating what is from what we dream. Welcome to the Near Future.

Key Outcomes:

Business models are no longer bound by past constraints – Gain strategic clarity on how AI enables previously impossible ways of working, creating, and operating
AI and spatial computing are reshaping reality – Understand how these technologies enable new modes of work and co-creation
Near Futurism bridges possibility with practical impact – Leaders will learn a new model for leveraging continuously-emerging opportunities to drive immediate business value

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