Panels People Stay For: Human-Centered Panels | Lunch & Learn Series

​You’ve sat through the panel where everyone reads their bio and the Q&A runs out of time. This one is about the other kind, the panel people are still talking about on the way out.

​Part of LA Climate Week's Fall 2026 Lunch & Learn series, a free training program for anyone who plans events. It works for a library talk, a conference session, or a conversation in someone’s backyard.

​You’ll leave with tips and tricks on how to:

• ​Design a panel around what your audience needs to walk away with, not around who said yes first

• ​Build a lineup that reflects your community, with lived experience alongside professional expertise

• ​Prepare a moderator so the panel is a conversation, not four short speeches

• ​Cover the access basics, including sightlines, captions, plain language, and paying community panelists when you can