A podcast conversation recorded while I was at Innovation Land Summit in Bogotá Colombia. In it, we discuss the intersection of research, creativity, and practical implementation in driving innovation within organizations. There is a necessity to be explicit about the role of imagination, which I see as a kind...

A panel discussion on the evolving relationship between human agency and technology, exploring the implications of AI systems on society and the role of ethics, imagination, and policy in shaping viable futures. Held at The British Academy, London in collaboration with Google DeepMind, the Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab...

A Plenary Address at the IEEE MetroCon 2024 for the nations' largest IEEE regional conference covering nine parallel technical tracks covering emerging developments in engineering disciplines including: Autonomous and Vehicle Systems, Internet of Things, Computational Intelligence, Photonics and more.

A fireside chat with Ian Chalmers at the RGD's annual conference which was held in Toronto in 2024.

A talk to Radha Mistry's students at SCI-Arc that traverses the intricate relationship between engineering, imagination, and the speculative visions I've been inspired by through science fiction. The talk and discussion rambled into and through my somewhat transformative journey which, after college, I went straight into a traditional engineering role,...

What's the Coolest Tool? Imagination! I was on Kevin Kelly's ‘Cool Tools Show and Tell’! A fun chat even as I had to limit myself to just four or five 'cool tools' — but the coolests is 'Imagination'. Have a listen!

The discussion on the practical applications of Design Fiction in various industries, from software development to organizational insights to my friends at Vizient, emphasizing the need for creativity, iterative discussion, and fostering a culture of continuous exploration within industry.

An online talk at Domus Academy explored the role of imagination and speculative design in shaping the future. Key takeaway? Ambracing ambiguity and imagination is a vital way to anticipate the kinetics of change, as well as create valuable opportunities for the future.

A 3 hour Design Fiction 101 talk and hands-on workshop utilizing the 2023 Work Kit of Design Fiction as an ideation aid.

I facilitated a workshop for Hyper Island Vision Week in which the design brief (a 24 hour sprint) was to create a podcast from the future' — a Design Fiction conceit in which students imagine into a future world and represent the contours of that world through a humble podcast...

In this episode of the Gartner Futures Lab Podcast, host Marty Resnick sits down with Julian Bleecker, founder of Near Future Laboratory, to discuss the use of design fiction in communication and designing plausible future scenarios.

The podcast that talks about creativity, art, digital culture, music, new media, technology, business, but above all about the future. Creative Talks because we believe that creativity is the most important skill. This conversation goes into the evolving nature of work with the rise of artificial intelligence, exploring predictions of...

Design Meets is a Toronto-based and online event about people getting together and sharing their ideas. This presentation by Julian Bleecker will present Design Fiction, a design-led approach to augmenting analytic research by grounding the implications of research into tangible, relatable artifacts.

The second day of the Innovation Land Summit 2024, discussing the intertwined roles of imagination and innovation.

Causal Islands is about bringing together experts and enthusiasts from many different backgrounds and sharing and learning together. We are creative technologists, researchers, and builders, exploring what the future of computing can be. The LA community edition on Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 has themes of building and running networks together,...

North of Patient aims to paint an inspired landscape of healthcare's future through dialogues with creative and unconventional thinkers globally.

An online lecture and AMA for Dr. Delfina Fantini van Ditmar's `Designing the Future’ Elective

A panel organized for South By Southwest 2024 with Avi Bar-Zeev (XR Guild and Reality Prime), and Andreea Ion Cojocaru.

I visited Chapman University on February 28, 2024, to deliver the annual Bensussen Lecture in the Arts Series, invited by Professor Justin St. P. Walsh. The visit included engaging with students and faculty who have integrated Design Fiction into their curriculum, demonstrating the impact of Near Future Laboratory's work.

Imagination is often dismissed as childish, or a frill. But it also lets us picture alternative futures, and technologies that haven't been invented yet. So how do we harness our imagination? And in an age where Big Tech promises to solve our problems for us, how do we use our...

The Art of the Possible is the art of orienting yourself in the present, imagining the future that you want to live in, and finding the best next step that you can take toward that future. No matter who you are or where you are, there is a best next...