The IDSA Design About will be November 2-4 in Palo Alto, CA:
The IT industry typically designs for the 600 million people in the world that have access to connected computing. What about the other six billion people? How can design, technology and innovation enhance their lives? But this question doesn't apply only to computers and consumer electronics. How can design reach the masses? What has worked in the past?
http://www.idsa.org/design_about/overview.htm