The article offers information on a conference titled "Confronting Asia's Development ChallengesThrough Innovation" held by the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) in Manila, Philippines from August 20-24, 2015. Topics discussed include business and political innovation, the impact of social media on advertising, and the completion of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that has been established by the United Nations to address poverty and other societal problems