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President Obama will sit down for dinner with a dozen of the titans of the American technology industry Thursday night at the Silicon Valley home of the venture capitalist John Doerr, according to two people familiar with the president’s plans. 

White House officials have declined to confirm at whose house the dinner will take place. But aides just released a list of his guests, a group of rival business leaders who run some of the most successful technology companies in the world.

Expected to attend, to discuss what White House officials said would be the president’s efforts to promote innovation, are: Steve Jobs, the C.E.O. of Apple; Eric Schmidt, the chairman and C.E.O. of Google; and Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and C.E.O. of Facebook.

The three men have pioneered technological innovation, and are partners in some ventures. But they are also fierce competitors whose products are jousting for dominance on the internet and in the rapidly growing smartphone industry.

Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, told reporters Thursday that Mr. Obama is hoping to discuss how the successes of the technology sector can be applied to other industries.

“This is a part of our of our economy that has been a huge contributor to economic growth,” Mr. Carney said. “It is a remarkable demonstration of the American capacity of creativity and innovation and leadership. It is a model, really, for that kind of economic activity that we want to see in other cutting edge industries in the United States.”

In addition to Mr. Doerr, Mr. Jobs, Mr. Schmidt and Mr. Zuckerberg, the president will meet with the following executives, according to the White House: 

Carol Bartz, president and C.E.O., Yahoo; John Chambers, C.E.O. and chairman, Cisco Systems; Dick Costolo, C.E.O., Twitter; Larry Ellison, co-founder and C.E.O., Oracle; Reed Hastings, C.E.O., NetFlix; John Hennessy, president of Stanford University; Art Levinson, chairman and former C.E.O., Genentech; and Steve Westly, managing partner and founder, the Westly Group.

Mr. Doerr has been a frequent host for Democratic politicians visiting Silicon Valley in the past, including former Vice President Al Gore.

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