Heather Neff standing on stage presenting to an audience.

Speaking Event Pricing

Heather at the United Nations, Vienna 2025

Speaking Event Pricing

Signature Keynote – $7,000 USD

  • 45–60 minute talk, tailored to your audience

  • Includes pre-event briefing and customization slide presentation

  • Optional fireside Q&A with audience or leadership team

Half-Day Interactive Workshop – $12,500 USD

  • Up to 3 hours of interactive training and tech demo on accessible graphics & personalization

  • Hands-on learning tailored to product, design, or engineering teams

  • Includes materials and pre-session planning call

Full-Day Enterprise Training & Strategy Session – $17,000 USD

  • Morning: Industry keynote + live training (designers/devs/leadership)

  • Afternoon: Consultative working session for Enterprise teams (product or brand focused)

    Includes follow-up insights doc and optional Slack/email Q&A for 1 week

Panel or Podcast Appearance – $250-$500 USD

  • 30 or 60 minute participation on a panel or hosted podcast

  • Includes pre-discussion coordination and branding approval

Previous Clients & Appearances

  • United Nations Zero Project Conference (Vienna, Austria)

  • Atos Group and Olympic Games Sponsorship

  • CSUN, AIGA, ID24, AccessU, Remarkable Tech Summit

  • Techstars, 2-Gether-International

  • NC IDEA, Venture Connect, Venture Summit

    Add-Ons & Licensing Options

  • Speaker deck licensing: $2,500

  • Internal re-use (recorded talk): +20% reuse fee

  • Co-branded resource (PDF or Smart SVG infographic): $3,500–$5,000

Contact
Heather S. Neff
CEO & Co-Founder
Equivalent
heather@equivalentSVG.com
LinkedIn

Heather S. Neff is an internationally recognized designer, technologist, and accessibility advocate whose groundbreaking work in inclusive graphics is redefining digital accessibility. Her Smart SVG™ technology, currently patent-pending, is transforming the way enterprises deliver visually inclusive experiences.

As a United Nations Zero Project speaker and Techstars-backed founder, Heather offers a rare combination of lived experience, technical insight, and visionary leadership that resonates across industries.

Speaking Topic Examples

  • The Future of Inclusive Graphics: How Smart Graphics are Reimagining Digital Equality

  • The Business Case for Accessibility: Innovation, Legal Risk, and Market Expansion

  • Adaptive Design Systems: Creating Responsive Brand Assets at Scale

Heather Neff, Santiago, and Diego Marcel pose at a 2Gether International event, smiling and making peace signs.
Heather and her team stand in front of a huge Figma icon at Config the Figma Conference in San Francisco.

Public Speaking Events

  • AXSChat Podcast by Antonio Santos, Debra Ruh, Neil Milliken: Connecting Accessibility, Disability, and Technology, May 2025

  • Fueling Small Business Growth with Incubators & Accelerators Webinar, National Disability Institute, May 2025

  • Human First: AI, Accessibility, and the Future We’re Building, LinkedIn Live Webinar Panelist, May 2025

  • The Next Frontier in Inclusive Design 2GI Accelerator, April 2025

  • Changing the World with Smart Graphics, United Nations in Vienna, Austria - Zero Project Conference, March 2025

  • Smart SVG™ - Transforming the Future of Graphics, Inclusive Design 24 Conference, September 12th 2024

  • Empowering Equality for Digital Graphics - AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Artist) Design Weekend, November 4th 2023

  • Smart SVG™ for the Digital Inclusive Age, CSUN Accessibility Conference, March 2023

  • Accessibility Personalization - Hassell Inclusion Webinar, April 2023

  • AXSChat with Neil Milliken, VP - Global Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion at Atos, September 2022

  • Adaptive Smart SVGs for Accessibility, Responsiveness and More, Some Antics Podcast with Ben Myers

  • Making SVG Graphics More Accessible for All Users Accelerated Accessibility Podcast with Cam Beaudoin

  • The Power of Accessible SVGs CHAX Chat Podcast with Dax Castro

  • John Slatin AccessU Accessibility Conference 2022, Accessible Graphic Design, May 10 - 12, 2022

  • Accessible Graphics Hindsight Is 20/200 Podcast with Chad Bouton

  • DIY Tourism & Marketing Conference, Accessibility Basics For Tourism, 2021

  • AB Tech Online Seminar, Accessibility and User Experience, 2021

  • AB Tech Seminar Series, Branding - Beyond Logo Design, 2020

  • AB Tech Seminar Series, Branding: Design Your Company’s Style, 2020

  • AB Tech Seminar Series, UX Design - How to Design for Customers, 2020

  • AB Tech Seminar Series, Using SquareSpace to Build Brands, 2020

  • AB Tech Seminar Series, Newsletter Design and Automation, 2020

  • Blue Ridge Community College, User Experience Design, 2020

  • Blue Ridge Community College, Graphic Design, 2020

  • WordCamp Asheville, Graphics for Speed, Retina Display and SEO, 2019

  • WordCamp Asheville, User Experience: Designing for Your Customers, 2019

  • Western Women’s Business Center, Marketing Your Business - Branding and Logo Design, 2019

  • University of North Carolina at Asheville, Camp Girl Boss, 2018

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Podcasts + Seminars with Heather Neff, Founder Equivalent Design

“Equivalent discovered a technological intersection involving image quality, size and performance, dark mode and accessibility, filling a much needed industry gap. Equivalent is all about a break from traditional graphics design, development and implementation and moving towards nextgen inclusive imagery.”
— Mike Paciello, AudioEye