
These days, there are a number of different ways in which we can discuss and ponder over questions and queries. Quite often if a question is relatively straight forward and there is only one correct answer then one person will be able to provide you with the answer.
However, if the question is a little bit more complex and there could well be numerous different answers or opinions of what the answer could be then you may need a panel discussion. A panel discussion is when a group of people are brought together to discuss one or more subjects that will generally have completely different viewpoints on what the answer is. The idea is to glean as many different sides of the same question as possible by getting four or five people together on the panel that have completely different ideas.
Normally this will be set out with a crowd or a number of spectators in front of them that will be asking the various questions and then each member of the panel will be given the opportunity to offer their point of view on the question. It is an extremely effective method of finding out various answers and viewpoints on the same question. You will quite often see this method used on the television when political affairs or news items are being discussed, it can be rather entertaining to hear the various arguments that panel members have to offer.