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panel discussant [1 record]

Record 1 2001-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings and Assemblies (Administration)
DEF

A member of a discussion or advisory panel (as for debating a public issue before a forum ...)

CONT

The panel members are persons who have special knowledge of and interest in the topic to be discussed and the ability to verbalize their thoughts. They are selected to represent different points of view, backgrounds, and experience.

OBS

The panel members are not necessarily experts. They may be persons whose experience qualifies them to speak with some authority.

OBS

discussant: a person taking part in an organized discussion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)
CONT

Le membre d'un panel s'appelle un panéliste.

OBS

Un courant conservateur considère comme anglicisme le terme français "panéliste" (Voir fiches de Radio-Canada, Observations grammaticales et terminologiques, par M. Sauvé, fiche n° 38, oct. 1975, etc.).

OBS

panel-discussion : Forme de réunion où un petit groupe occupe la tribune et engage à haute voix une discussion instructive, à partir de questions posées par les auditeurs-spectateurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reuniones y asambleas (Administración)
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