Obama at White House-Sponsored Innovation Conference Thursday With Fitbit, Microsoft

President Barack Obama will participate in a White House-sponsored conference on science and technology innovation Thursday in Pittsburgh. Co-hosted by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, it will touch on technology and data use to improve communities, artificial intelligence and other areas, said a White House blog post last week. Participants will include Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, Fitbit CEO James Park and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D). Representatives from Facebook, Google and Microsoft will speak.