CALLICOON, NY — North School Studio and Thread Global will host a three-day tech conference, sponsored by 3D Systems, with a focus on 3D printing, from Friday, January 23 to Sunday, January 25, on the future of manufacturing and how it may affect our economy. 3D Systems director of social impact Leanne Gluck will speak about education, entrepreneurship and technology.

The tentative schedule calls for 3D printing workshops at the Weigh Station in Callicoon during the day, and a conference launch, with food, at Callicoon Trading on Upper Main St. at 4 p.m. On Saturday, lectures and roundtable discussions are planned during the day, with a tentative location of the 1908 schoolhouse on Upper Main Street. On Sunday, there will be a printing follow-up workshop at the Weigh Station.

Isaac Green Diebboll of North School Studio, organizer of the event, said, “It’s my intention that this will be an opportunity for community to gather in healthy discussion about this developing technology, galvanizing people to connect around the act of making, and fueling future development.”