The Inter­na­tional Devel­op­ment Con­fer­ence at Har­vard Kennedy School of Gov­ern­ment is a yearly student-organized, student-run con­fer­ence ded­i­cated to fos­ter­ing a con­struc­tive dia­logue between lead­ing aca­d­e­mics, prac­ti­tion­ers, pol­icy mak­ers and stu­dents con­cerned with cre­at­ing a bet­ter world. The Con­fer­ence is hosted at the Kennedy School and is a joint effort between stu­dents at Har­vard, MIT and Carnegie Mel­lon Uni­ver­sity.