Google, IBM, Oracle to talk tech at White House

FILED - March 2, 2015 - Barcelona, Catalonia Spain - Vice President Google and executive responsible for Android, Indian Sundar Pichai, speaks during a conference at the GSM Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 at the Fira Gran Via exhibition center in Barcelona, northeastern Spain, 02 March 2015. The MWC 2015 running from 02 to 05 March is the world's largest mobile event. (Credit Image: © Toni Albir/EFE/ZUMA Wire) Photo: Toni Albir/EFE/dpa

Technology industry leaders are expected at the White House for a summit Dec 6 to talk about emerging innovations like artificial intelligence while the effects of the administration’s trade war with China loom in the background. 

Google chief executive officer Sundar Pichai, International Business Machines Corp’s Ginni Rometty, Oracle Corp’s CEO Safra Catz, Microsoft Corp’s Satya Nadella and Qualcomm Inc’s Steve Mollenkopf are among those expected to attend.