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}}Along with [[computer-based training]] and [[continuing professional development]], the [[panel discussion]] — jammed between workshops at an all-day conference as cheap filler, like one of those dreary ''Inside Africa'' fillers that run on a loop on CNN international and is watched only by business travelers captive of the Airport Hilton in Bucharest — is one of the great blights of a modern corporate life quite overwhelmed with them. This is not to say the keynote sessions running either side are a whole lot better, but the idea of hearing an assemblage of aspiring junior partners, [[industry association]] [[inhouse counsel]] and random [[Change manager|change management]] consultants mumble disinterestedly about the impact on market stability of transa —

In any case case in as we move into this glorious millennium's second decade a whole new genre of career has hoved into view through the oily midwifery of [[LinkedIn]]: the ''[[panel discusser]]''. There are people who who, by all appearances, spend the majority of their working lives attending, or speaking on, [[panel discussion]]s. No topic is too arcane, no facet of the regulatory landscape too dreary, no selfie with fellow-panel members too prostrating of one’s self-esteem, to be beyond the siren call of temptation to these men and women.

Now, if you're a junior partner in an [[offshore law firm]] you might rationalise this as a quick way of burnishing credentials and building a profile amongst that electric community of corporate agency and trust services professionals.  

But for the middling executive director in an [[In-house lawyer|in-house]] legal function — let alone part of the Legal COO team — it's harder to understand who let them out and why.

Just what possesses people to post images to [[LinkedIn]] of themselves sitting awkwardly on a low stage in front of thirty bored associate directors, with “great [[panel discussion]] today about the [[EMIR refit]]!”