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date: "2025-01-17T03:06:00Z"
categories:
  - linkedin
description: "Conferences now assume device-mediated attention by default, leaving speakers as the only people still trying to command the room without a screen."
keywords: [conference behavior, mobile devices, attention, learning environments, audiences, observation]
---

Wow. Every SINGLE person in the audience at this (Healthcare Education, Singapore) conference was on a laptop, tablet, or mobile. Some on multiple devices.

I guess this is the new model of learning and listening.

The only people who were NOT on a device were on stage. The speakers.

I guess it's up to me to fix that 🙂

![](https://files.s-anand.net/images/2025-01-17-people-on-mobiles-at-singapore-health-conference-linkedin.jpg)

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A7285854849357815808)