Conference Notebook: An Innovation Wish List

During a panel at the Clinton Global Initiative on how to speed up the development of new ways to fix social inequities and other global problems, the former vice president Al Gore and four other people were asked what innovations they hoped would develop in the year ahead.

Plus:

• A trio of businessmen discuss the challenges of philanthropy.

• Rockefeller’s leader discusses cutting-edge grant making.

The Chronicle’s conference notebook will provide updates throughout the meeting.