To help LA Catholics better connect, C3 tech conference tries unplugging
The C3 Conference annually hosted by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is all about technology, but on Day 2 of this year’s event, there was hardly a laptop in sight. Nor an iPad. If there was a smartphone out, it was mostly for attendees to sneak a glance in between sessions.
For the first time, the C3 Conference organizers used one of its two days to highlight the need to focus on self rather than technology. Gone were the devices, replaced instead with a journal and a pen that participants used for a day of reflection, chronicling, and prayer.
C3 Project Manager Paul Hernandez said this pivot was in response to some past guests’ hesitation with emerging technology.