Overview
- The 28th CSPOC runs January 14–16 in the Parliament House Complex, with the inauguration on January 15 in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan.
- Organisers report the event’s highest participation to date, with 59 speakers and presiding officers confirmed and 61 participants expected overall.
- Pakistan’s Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq will not attend, and officials say Pakistan’s flag will not be displayed at the venue.
- Bangladesh will have no representation because its parliament is dissolved and there is no sitting speaker.
- Sessions will cover AI in parliamentary work, social media’s impact on lawmakers, citizen engagement beyond voting, and the security and health of members, with a planned handover of the CSPOC chair to the UK’s Sir Lindsay Hoyle after the conference.