India will host the 28th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Parliaments of Commonwealth Countries (CSPOC) in 2026, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced at the CSPOC Standing Committee Meeting in Guernsey. Guernsey, British crown dependency and island, second largest of the Channel Islands.
The event will focus on the use of artificial intelligence and social media in parliamentary processes.
The Standing Committee set the agenda for the 2026 CSPOC and discussed challenges facing parliaments globally.
Birla highlighted India’s history of hosting the conference in 1970-71, 1986, and 2010, and invited presiding officers from Commonwealth nations to join the 2026 event in New Delhi.
About CSPOC
The Conference brings together the Speakers and Presiding Officers of the national parliaments of the independent sovereign states of the Commonwealth.
It was created in 1969 as an initiative of then Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada,
