The IDRV will be one of the speaking participants, as chosen by an international jury, in the “Sustainability in Design: NOW! Challenges and Opportunities for Design Research, Education and Practice in the XXI Century” conference in Bangalore, India, from 29 September to 1 October 2010. The lecture on the aesthetics of sustainable design, will enrich the discourse on the LeNS Network; the key speakers at the conference will include Ezio Manzini, Geetha Narayanan, and John Thackara, among others.