Marcy, NY - SUNY Polytechnic Institute will host a conference and expo for area  manufacturers, businesses, educators and students to mark National Manufacturing Day. The event will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 3, in the Wildcat Field House.

Presented by the Center for Global Advanced Manufacturing and sponsored by the Workforce Development Institute, the event will feature pollster John Zogby, who will speak on “First Globals: Understanding, Managing and Unleashing the Potential of our Millennial Generation.”

The conference will include a panel presentation for manufacturers to discuss the topics of Environmental Compliance in NYS, Additive Manufacturing, Innovation and Technology Transfer, Industrial Vulnerability and Keeping the Business American Made. A separate panel of recent graduates now working in manufacturing will share their experiences with students in attendance.

The event expo will feature interactive displays of products from more than 25 Mohawk Valley manufacturers. Exhibits from area colleges as well as Workforce Development Institute and Working Solutions will also be featured.

A screening of the documentary “Made in America,” presented by the Workforce Investment Board, will take place at 1 p.m. in the Student Center theater.

Attendance is free but advance registration is requested online at http://sunyit.edu/mfgday/registration.

Utica Observer-Dispatch: SUNY Poly event marks National Manufacturing Day