Reality is participatory — and the future is ours to co-create.
By skillfully connecting the possible with the practical, Neil Redding is a Near Futurist and Innovation Architect with 30+ years of experience in unlocking the transformative power of emerging technologies.
A sought-after keynote speaker for venues like SXSW, World Business Forum, and Dubai Future Forum, and at corporate events for Meta, Microsoft, Edelman, and more, Neil inspires audiences with the reality-shifting capabilities of AI and spatial computing for our physical, digital and natural ecosystems, and for realising pragmatic interpersonal and business value.
Through his boutique consultancy Redding Futures and previous roles, Neil has worked with world-class brands including Visa, Nike, Apple, and Verizon to distill these continually emerging possibilities, applying ecosystem-centered design to unlock sustainable growth, resilience, and transformative business opportunity.
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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. The Near Future of Business With AI Agents
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.
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Neil Redding | AI’s Agentic Near Future | SXSW 2025 Featured Session
Prompting AIs is great, but has an AI prompted YOU yet? The Agentic Era is dawning, and with the active participation of AI agents business is about to get weirder and wildly more productive. Learn how we’re already prompting AIs with our behavior and how spatial computing agents will connect businesses with the many kinds of ecosystems they inhabit, leading to automatically evolving enterprises that adapt in real-time. We’ll explore how humans and technology are actively co-creating reality, plus practical ways AI agents already unlock exponential productivity and sustainable business growth. By skillfully connecting the possible with the practical, Neil Redding is a Near Futurist and Innovation Architect with 30+ years of experience unlocking the transformative power of emerging technologies. A sought-after keynote speaker at SXSW, Dubai Future Forum, and AWE, and at corporate events for Meta, Microsoft, and more, Neil inspires audiences with the reality-shifting capabilities of AI and spatial computing for activating pragmatic interpersonal and business value. Through his boutique consultancy Redding Futures and previous roles, Neil has worked with world-class brands including Visa, Nike, Apple, and Verizon to distill these continually emerging possibilities, applying ecosystem-centered design to unlock sustainable growth, resilience, and transformative business opportunity.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 challen ... keep reading Microsoft
As the keynote speaker, 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. Mind blowing.
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.
Neil brought a technological depth while also challenging the way we understand our reality. 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.
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. He was able to clearly communicate the potential of technology and its practical applications, providing actionable insights for everyone.
