March 17, 2025

Upcoming Industry Meetings and Webinars, March 17 - June 30, 2025

Here are the industry events and webinars I'm aware of for March 16 - June 30, 2025. I don't have anything to do with any of these from a planning perspective, so please reach out to the individual event producers with any questions. Note also that I generally don't include training courses in this list.  

Also note that 20 ARMA Chapters have come together for ARMA Spring Seminar Mania (SSM) V. The individual events are listed on the applicable dates below, and "Spring Seminar Mania" is added to the ARMA chapter name to denote the event as part of SSM. There will be prize drawings for those who attend one or more SSM event. You can find the entire list of events and additional details about the prize drawings at https://armamilwaukee.org/spring-seminar-mania-2025/

If you know of a webinar or other event during this period that is focused on IG, RM, DM, AI, etc. that's not listed, let me know here or at jesse.wilkins@athroconsulting.com. No charge to list your event or to access the list. 

Vendors, other associations, consultants, etc. all welcome as long as the event is educational and not completely self-serving, e.g., no demos. If you are interested in listing your solution-specific webinar or event, please contact me about placing and highlighting your event. 

March

March 18 - ARMA Central Missouri, Creating an Accessible Digital Experience. For more information, contact Brandy Tunmire at Brandy.Tunmire@sos.mo.gov

March 18 - ARMA San Antonio, Data Privacy Programs - Know Thy Data, Then Take Action!

March 18 - ARMA Legal Industry Group, RIM Month Mastery: Turbocharging Your Records and Information Management Skills (members only)

March 18 - IAPP, Cybersecurity risks from Kaspersky to TikTok

March 18 - Access, Women in RIM: Breaking Barriers, Driving Data, and Shaping the Future

March 18-19 - New Zealand Digital Workplace Conference 2025, Auckland, NZ

March 19 - ARMA Nebraska, Records in the Limelight: Project Management Secrets for Implementing Electronic Document Management Systems in the Public Sector

March 19 - ARMA Southern California Inland Empire, Mastering Microsoft Purview: Planning, Implementing and Governing Records Management

March 19 - ARMA St. Louis, St. Louis Military and Civilian Personnel Records

March 19 - IRMS, Data Reduction Programmes

March 19 - InfoGovANZ, Information Integrity, Transparency and Accountability

March 20 - ARMA New Jersey, Foundations of Records Management and Information Governance for Professionals

March 20 - ARMA Triangle, Mastering Records Management Training: Know Your Part, Dress the Part, Play the Part

March 20 - ARMA Hawai'i & ALA Hawai'i, Is Your Firm Able to Stay On Top of its Records?

March 20 - ARMA Oklahoma, Journey to Information Coordinator Program Success

March 20 - ARMA Keystone, The Adventures of Astrid: The Data Breach

March 20 - ARMA Utah, Privacy, Records, & The People

March 20 - RIMPA Global, IAW Great Debate | The Future of IM – Where Do Professionals Stand in an AI-Driven World?

March 20 - Buckeye DAMA, Why Certify with CDMP and Talk with your data using natural language

March 21 - IRMS Wales, Mind the Gaps - Maturing Models for Records management Services

March 24 - Innovative Development Education Academy, Metadata - The What, When, and Where of Records Management

March 24-27 - Perfect Policies, Drafting Policies for Maximum Buy-In

March 25 - Austin ARMA, A 360 View for Early Wildlife Detection: Austin Energy and Austin Fire Department Collaborating with Pano AI

March 25 - Feith, Records Management University: Retention

March 25 - Zasio, When Data Becomes a Record: Tackling the Master Data Retention Question

March 25 - RIMPA Global, NSW Community of Practice

March 26 - ARMA Houston, Heart of Compliance: Evaluating Automated and Semi-Automated Retention Approaches

March 26 - AIIM+ Community Conversation: Thriving in an AI World: Transforming Careers and Skills (members only)

March 27 - AIIM Florida, Stop, Children, What's That Sound: Everybody Look What's Going Down - The Convergence of Records, Information, and Data Governance

March 27 - IAPP and Osano, A blueprint for efficient SRRs: Mastering your subject rights workflow (members only)

March 27 - IRMS Schools Group, How Should Schools Make Decisions About Data and AI

March 28 - NAGARA 2025 Spring Online Forum: Risky Business: Records Management Supporting Risk Management

March 31 - April 2 - AI+IM Global Summit, Atlanta, GA

April

April 1 - RIMPA Global, Addressing Information Deficits – IM Professionals Strategic Value

April 1 - Access, Information Lifecycle Masterclass: From Creation to Destruction

April 2 - Digital Government Institute, 22nd Annual E-Discovery, Records and Information Management Conference, Reston, VA

April 2-5 - ABA Techshow, Chicago, IL

April 3 - ARMA Milwaukee Spring Seminar Mania, End to End Governance "By Design"

April 3 - NAGARA, Developing Effective Standard Operating Procedures

April 3 - RecordPoint, Enabling AI adoption: Strengthening data governance for AI and preventing sensitive information leakage

April 6-9 - i-SIGMA Conference & Expo, Dallas, TX

April 7 - Innovative Development Education Academy, Managing The Checks and Balances – Auditing Your Records Management Program

April 8 - ARMA Mile High Denver Spring Seminar Mania, Best Practices IG Can Prevent a Catastrophic Data Breach: The Case of Allium UPI in Estonia

April 8 - ARMA Southwest Ontario and ARMA Toronto, SWOxTO CON 2025: Data and Privacy in the Digital Era

April 8 - ARMA Dallas, Pieces of the RIM Puzzle 

April 8 - RIMPA Global, Understanding Cyber Risk and the Value of Maintaining Cyber Insurance

April 8 - InfoGovANZ, MeetUp: AI-Generated Meeting Transcripts - Benefits, Challenges & Best Practices

April 8 - NAGARA, Measuring RIM Compliance without Scaring People (Much)

April 8 - Feith, Records Management University, Protection

April 8-9 - 10th Annual AI in Oil & Gas, Houston, TX

April 8-10 - ARMA Saskatchewan Conference, Regina, SK

April 9 - ARMA Greater Kansas City Spring Seminar Mania, Are You and Your Organization

Ready for GenAI?

April 9 - ARMA New Jersey, Building Bridges to Success

April 9-11 - 11th Data Management ThinkLab, Prague, CZE

April 10 - ARMA Triangle Spring Seminar Mania, Pathways to Mastering Modern Information Governance

April 10 - IAPP and BigID, A holistic approach to data privacy for the AI era (members only)

April 10 - Osano, Privacy Pro Survival Summit 2.0

April 14-17 - Laserfiche Empower 2025, Las Vegas, NV

April 15 - ARMA Chicago, Let's Keep Talking About Evolving IG Roles

April 15 - Greater Chattanooga ARMA Spring Seminar Mania, IG and Cybersecurity

April 15 - Twin Cities ARMA, Spring Conference

April 15 - AIIM, Members Community Conversation - Productivity As a Team Sport (members only)

April 16 - ARMA Northern Virginia Spring Seminar Mania, AI Governance: Can You Use AI on Your Data?

April 16 - AIIM and Microsoft, Unlocking the Potential of Generative AI: A Security-First Approach

April 16 - Contoural, Practical Approaches for Managing Unstructured Data in Mergers and Acquisitions

April 17 - ARMA Jacksonville, Thirsty Thursday

April 17 - ARMA Oklahoma Spring Seminar Mania, Practical Applications of AI for Information Governance

April 21 - Innovative Development Education Academy, Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Artificial Intelligence for Records Management

April 21-24 - IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2025, Washington, DC

April 22 - ARMA Jacksonville, Records Management 101

April 22 - ARMA Madison Spring Seminar Mania, Developing Meaningful Metrics - Measure What Matters

April 22 - ARMA Florida Gulf Coast Chapter, Records Management 101 

April 22 - Feith, Records Management University, Disposition

April 22-23 - ARMA Houston Spring Conference

April 23 - ARMA Nebraska, Spring Seminar: Modern Approaches to IG: Best Practices and Case Studies

April 23 - ARMA Metro Maryland Spring Seminar Mania, IG vs. Audits and Examinations: It's Not as Bad as You Think

April 23 - AIIM and Rocket Software, Architecting for AI Success: Transforming Your Information Ecosystem for GenAI Value

April 24 - ARMA St. Louis Spring Seminar Mania, Journey to Information Coordinator Program Success

April 28-29 - Reuters, Momentum AI New York 2025, New York City, NY

April 28-30 - ARMA InfoNEXT, Savannah, GA

April 29 - AIIM+ Members and AIIM True North, Tackling AI Risks, Legacy System Struggles, and Data Governance (members only)

April 29 - InfoGovANZ, MeetUp: Exploring Generative AI: Use, Risks & Best Practices

April 29-30 - AI Accelerator Institute, Generative AI Summit Silicon Valley, Santa Clara, CA

April 30 - ARMA Metro NYC-LI, Industry Specific Breakouts

April 30 - ARMA Michigan, Spring Seminar '25 - Getting Your Ducks in a Row

April 30 - ARMA Greater Los Angeles, Transforming Law Firm IG Practices: Beyond Technology

April 30 - May 1 - Data Universe, New York City

May

May 1 - ARMA Palmetto Spring Seminar Mania, A Time for Change

May 1 - NAGARA, 'Let's Keep This Going' - Collaboration, Consolidation, and Discovering a Better Way: An Updated Case Study

May 5-7 - Privacy + Security Forum Spring Academy, Washington, DC

May 5-9 - DGIQ West, Anaheim, CA

May 6 - ARMA Mile High Denver, Spring Seminar, Denver, CO

May 6 - ARMA Chicago Spring Seminar Mania, Information Governance and Cloud Migration

May 7 - ARMA Jacksonville Spring Seminar Mania, On the Road Again - The Intersection of RIM & eDiscovery

May 7 - AIIM and Microsoft, Proactive Compliance in AI-Powered Information Management with Microsoft Purview

May 8 - Greater Seattle ARMA Spring Seminar Mania, Microsoft Purview - the REAL Records Management

May 8 - RIMPA Global, LLMs Destroyed My Records: All You Need to Know About AI

May 8 - Digital Government Institute, Managing Data & Data Security Best Practices

May 11-15 - IAPP, Canada Privacy Symposium 2025, Toronto, ON

May 12-15 - IAPP, AI Governance Global Europe 2025, Dublin, IRL

May 13 - Twin Cities ARMA Spring Seminar Mania, Got ROT? The Best Haul-Away Services Are At Your Hands and In Your Connections

May 13 - Greater Chattanooga ARMA, End of Year Chapter Meeting

May 13-15 - ARMA Canada Information Conference, Montreal, QC

May 14 - Contoural, You've Just Been Handed Ownership of Your Company's Records Program, Now What?

May 14 - ARMA Northeast Ohio Spring Seminar Mania, IT Showdown: The Pros and Cons of Automation, Conversion, and Consolidation

May 15 - ARMA Kentucky Spring Seminar Mania, Five Mistakes that Sabotage Your RIM Program: Are You Making One of These?

May 16 - ARMA Manufacturing Industry Group, Quarterly Roundtable (members only)

May 18-20 - IRMS Conference, Birmingham, UK

May 18-21 - ACMP, Change Chicago: Architects of Transformation, Chicago, IL

May 20 - ARMA Michigan Spring Seminar Mania, How to Use Scorecard Reporting and Testing to Drive Measurable Records Management Compliance Results

May 21 - ARMA Keystone Spring Seminar Mania, Navigating RIM in Utilities and Energy Industries

May 22 - ARMA Iowa Spring Seminar Mania, Building and Sustaining Your RIM Program with a RIM Playbook

May 27 - AIIM+ Members and AIIM True North - Evolving Your Approach to Consider AI Implementation Risks (members only)

May 29 - ARMA Spring Seminar Mania Finale

June

June 1-3 - PegaWorld, Las Vegas, NV

June 2-5 - Machine Learning Week, Phoenix, AZ

June 4-5 - AI & Big Data Expo North America, Santa Clara, CA

June 5 - NAGARA, Lose the Paper Anchor and Keep Your Sailors Happy

June 9-12 - Databricks, Data + AI Summit 2025, San Francisco, CA

June 11-12 - The AI Summit London 2025, London, UK

June 12 - RIMPA Global, Wellington | Roadshow

June 12 - Digital Government Institute, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Records Management

June 23-27 - Microsoft TechCon365, Seattle, WA

June 25-26 - IAPP and Berkley Klein Center, Navigate: A Digital Policy Leadership Retreat

June 26 - RIMPA Global, Archiving Doesn’t Cut It: Future of Information Governance

June 29-July 2, SHRM, SHRM25, San Diego, CA


February 28, 2025

Upcoming Industry Meetings and Webinars, March 1 - May 31, 2025

Here are the industry events and webinars I'm aware of for March 1 - May 31, 2025. I don't have anything to do with any of these from a planning perspective, so please reach out to the individual event producers with any questions. Note also that I generally don't include training courses in this list.  

If you know of a webinar or other event during this period that is focused on IM, IG, RM, etc. that's not listed, let me know here or at jesse.wilkins@athroconsulting.com. No charge to list your event or to access the list. 

Vendors, other associations, consultants, etc. all welcome as long as the event is educational and not completely self-serving, e.g., no demos. If you are interested in listing your solution-specific webinar or event, please contact me about placing and highlighting your event. 

March 

March 3-5 - Digital Credentials Summit, Phoenix, AZ

March 3-5 - Tealium, Digital Velocity 2025: AI & Data on the Digital Frontier, San Diego, CA

March 4 - ARMA Metro NYC-LI, CONFIRM.NYC, New York City, NY

March 4 - Leadership Through Data and ARMA Edmonton, Share & Learn (Group Discussion)

March 4-6 - DAMA-I, Data Modeling Zone US 2025, Phoenix, AZ

March 5 - IRMS South West - Surviving the Digital Jungle: Episode 2: Data Privacy and Security

March 5 - AI Accelerator Institute, Generative AI Summit Washington, DC

March 5 - Contoural, Creating a Modern, Compliant and Easier-to-execute Records Retention Schedule That Also Supports Privacy and AI

March 6 - ARMA Triangle Chapter, Mastering Records Management Training: Know Your Part, Dress the Part, Play the Part

March 6 - NAGARA, We Have to Scan What? How a Small Records Program Implemented an Archival Scanning Process

March 6 - Leadership Through Data, Your Data Carbon Footprint: What It Is & Why It Matters

March 6-7 - ARMA Southeast Sunshine Conference, Orlando, FL

March 10 - Innovative Development Education Academy, On the Road Again - The Intersection of RIM and eDiscovery - a Panel Discussion

March 10-13 - IAPP, Data Protection Intensive: UK 2025, London, UK

March 10-13 - HumanX, Las Vegas, NV

March 11 - ARMA North Dakota and ARMA Twin Cities, How to Manage Separating Employees' Information

March 11 - ARMA Mile High Denver, Information Governance Role in Privacy and AI Governance's Assessments

March 11 - ARMA Chicago, Changing Roles in Law Firm Information Governance

March 11 - ARMA Dallas, RIMMovation: Pioneering the Future, Unleashing Innovation

March 11 - ARMA Northeast Ohio, Unlocking Dynamic Records and Information Management

March 11 - AIIM+, AI+IM Global Summit Pathways - Artificial Intelligence Track

March 11 - InfoGovANZ, Meet Up: Genesis and the Age of AI

March 11 - Feith, Records Management University: Availability

March 12 - ARMA Upstate New York, San Bruno Pipeline Explosion: A Records Management Disaster?

March 12 - Metro Maryland ARMA, Amtrak's FOIA Overview and Backlog Reduction

March 12 - ARMA Cascadia, Putting AI to Work: Practical Ways to Use AI in Records Management and Information Governance. For more information or to register, send an email to armacascadia@outlook.com 

March 12-13 - Greater Seattle ARMA, Policy Drafting Workshop

March 13 - ARMA Iowa, Eight Weeks to Delete: From Dead Letter to Effective Retention and Disposal

March 13 - AIIM+, AI+IM Global Summit Pathways - Workflow and Process Automation Track

March 13 - RIMPA Global, Hackathon Winner Concept - IM as a Valued Strategic Asset

March 13 - Access, Achieving Retention Program Success Part 3: Sustaining the Spark - Driving Long-Term Success and Stakeholder Loyalty

March 17-19 - KMWorld, KM & AI Summit, Scottsdale, AZ

March 17-20 - Data Governance and Master Data Management Conference Europe, London, UK

March 18 - ARMA Central Missouri, Creating an Accessible Digital Experience. For more information, contact Brandy Tunmire at Brandy.Tunmire@sos.mo.gov

March 18 - ARMA San Antonio, Data Privacy Programs - Know Thy Data, Then Take Action!

March 18-19 - New Zealand Digital Workplace Conference 2025, Auckland, NZ

March 19 - ARMA Nebraska, Records in the Limelight: Project Management Secrets for Implementing Electronic Document Management Systems in the Public Sector

March 19 - ARMA Southern California Inland Empire, Mastering Microsoft Purview: Planning, Implementing and Governing Records Management

March 19 - ARMA St. Louis, National Archives

March 19 - IRMS, Data Reduction Programmes

March 19 - InfoGovANZ, Information Integrity, Transparency and Accountability

March 20 - ARMA Hawai'i & ALA Hawai'i, Is Your Firm Able to Stay On Top of its Records?

March 20 - ARMA Oklahoma, Journey to Information Coordinator Program Success

March 20 - ARMA Keystone, The Adventures of Astrid: The Data Breach

March 20 - ARMA Utah, Privacy, Records, & The People

March 20 - RIMPA Global, IAW Great Debate | The Future of IM – Where Do Professionals Stand in an AI-Driven World?

March 20 - Buckeye DAMA, Why Certify with CDMP and Talk with your data using natural language

March 21 - IRMS Wales, Mind the Gaps - Maturing Models for Records management Services

March 24 - Innovative Development Education Academy, Metadata - The What, When, and Where of Records Management

March 24-27 - Perfect Policies, Drafting Policies for Maximum Buy-In

March 25 - Austin ARMA, A 360 View for Early Wildlife Detection: Austin Energy and Austin Fire Department Collaborating with Pano AI

March 25 - Feith, Records Management University: Retention

March 25 - Zasio, When Data Becomes a Record: Tackling the Master Data Retention Question

March 26 - ARMA Houston, Heart of Compliance: Evaluating Automated and Semi-Automated Retention Approaches

March 26 - AIIM+ Community Conversation: Thriving in an AI World: Transforming Careers and Skills (members only)

March 27 - IAPP and Osano, A blueprint for efficient SRRs: Mastering your subject rights workflow (members only)

March 27 - IRMS Schools Group: How Should Schools Make Decisions About Data and AI

March 28 - NAGARA, 2025 Spring Online Forum: Risky Business: Records Management Supporting Risk Management

March 31 - April 2 - AI+IM Global Summit, Atlanta, GA

April

April 1 - RIMPA Global, Addressing Information Deficits – IM Professionals Strategic Value

April 2 - Digital Government Institute, 22nd Annual E-Discovery, Records and Information Management Conference, Reston, VA

April 2-5 - ABA Techshow, Chicago, IL

April 3 - NAGARA, Developing Effective Standard Operating Procedures

April 6-9 - i-SIGMA Conference & Expo, Dallas, TX

April 7 - Innovative Development Education Academy, Managing The Checks and Balances – Auditing Your Records Management Program

April 8 - ARMA Mile High Denver, Best Practices IG Can Prevent a Catastrophic Data Breach: The Case of Allium UPI in Estonia

April 8 - ARMA Southwest Ontario and ARMA Toronto, SWOxTO CON 2025: Data and Privacy in the Digital Era

April 8 - InfoGovANZ, MeetUp: AI-Generated Meeting Transcripts - Benefits, Challenges & Best Practices

April 8 - NAGARA, Measuring RIM Compliance without Scaring People (Much)

April 8 - Feith, Records Management University, Protection

April 8-9 - 10th Annual AI in Oil & Gas, Houston, TX

April 8-10 - ARMA Saskatchewan Conference, Regina, SK

April 9-11 - 11th Data Management ThinkLab, Prague, CZE

April 10 - IAPP and BigID, A holistic approach to data privacy for the AI era (members only)

April 10 - Osano, Privacy Pro Survival Summit 2.0

April 14-17 - Laserfiche Empower 2025, Las Vegas, NV

April 15 - ARMA Greater Chattanooga, IG and Cybersecurity

April 15 - AIIM, Members Community Conversation - Productivity As a Team Sport (members only)

April 21 - Innovative Development Education Academy, Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Artificial Intelligence for Records Management

April 21-24 - IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2025, Washington, DC

April 22 - ARMA Florida Gulf Coast Chapter, Records Management 101 

April 22 - ARMA Jacksonville, Records Management 101

April 22 - ARMA Madison, Developing Meaningful Metrics - Measure What Matters

April 22 - Feith, Records Management University, Disposition

April 22-23 - ARMA Houston Spring Conference

April 23 - ARMA Nebraska, Modern Approaches to IG: Best Practices and Case Studies

April 28-29 - Reuters, Momentum AI New York 2025, New York City, NY

April 28-30 - ARMA InfoNEXT, Savannah, GA

April 29 - AIIM+ Members and AIIM True North, Tackling AI Risks, Legacy System Struggles, and Data Governance (members only)

April 29 - InfoGovANZ, MeetUp: Exploring Generative AI: Use, Risks & Best Practices

April 29-30 - AI Accelerator Institute, Generative AI Summit Silicon Valley, Santa Clara, CA

April 30 - ARMA Michigan, Spring Seminar '25 - Getting Your Ducks in a Row

April 30 - May 1 - Data Universe, New York City, NY

May

May 1 - NAGARA, 'Let's Keep This Going' - Collaboration, Consolidation, and Discovering a Better Way: An Updated Case Study

May 5-7 - Privacy + Security Forum Spring Academy, Washington, DC

May 5-9 - DGIQ West, Anaheim, CA

May 6 - ARMA Mile High Denver Spring Seminar, Denver, CO

May 8 - RIMPA Global, LLMs Destroyed My Records: All You Need to Know About AI

May 8 - Digital Government Institute, Managing Data & Data Security Best Practices

May 11-15 - IAPP, Canada Privacy Symposium 2025, Toronto, ON

May 12-15 - IAPP, AI Governance Global Europe 2025, Dublin, IRL

May 13-15 - ARMA Canada, Montreal, QC

May 18-20 - IRMS Conference, Birmingham, UK

May 18-21 - ACMP, Change Chicago: Architects of Transformation, Chicago, IL

May 20 - ARMA Michigan, How to Use Scorecard Reporting and Testing to Drive Measurable Records Management Compliance Results

May 27 - AIIM+ Members and AIIM True North - Evolving Your Approach to Consider AI Implementation Risks (members only)

If you're looking for a speaker, I'm available to speak at your chapter or event. For more details, see https://informata.blogspot.com/2024/05/im-available-to-speak-at-your-event-may.html.


February 27, 2025

ARMA Opens Call for Speakers for InfoCon 2025

ARMA has opened its call for speakers for InfoCon 2025, scheduled for October 20-22, 2025 in Phoenix, AZ. Several resources, including submission guidelines, submission instructions, selection criteria, and tips for a successful proposal are all available at https://s6.goeshow.com/arma/infocon/2025/cfpoverview.cfm. Proposals are due by April 1, 2025. 


February 14, 2025

Upcoming Industry Meetings and Webinars - February 16 - May 31, 2025

Here are the industry events and webinars I'm aware of for February 16 - May 31, 2025. I don't have anything to do with any of these from a planning perspective, so please reach out to the individual event producers with any questions. Note also that I generally don't include training courses in this list.  

If you know of a webinar or other event during this period that is focused on IM, IG, RM, etc. that's not listed, let me know here or at jesse.wilkins@athroconsulting.com. No charge to list your event or to access the list. 

Vendors, other associations, consultants, etc. all welcome as long as the event is educational and not completely self-serving, e.g., no demos. If you are interested in listing your solution-specific webinar or event, please contact me about placing and highlighting your event. 

February 

February 17 - ARMA Houston, Happy Hour

February 18 - AIIM+, A Brief Introduction to Data Quality Management and Possible Data Quality Careers (members only)

February 18 - Florida Gulf Coast ARMA, Mastering Data Migration Aligning IT, Records Management, and Governance for Strategic Success 

February 18 - ARMA Central Missouri, Piloting an Information Governance Program for Take Off

February 18 - ARMA Chicago, RIM/IG's Essential Role in Enterprise AI Adoption

February 18 - ARMA Legal Industry Group - Coffee and Chat (members only)

February 18 - InfoGovANZ, Insider Threats: Unmasking the Enemy Within – Lessons from Incident Response Investigations

February 18 - Leadership Through Data and ARMA Edmonton, Microsoft Teams data & governance: Thinking about our information

February 18 - Zasio, Kickstart Your 2025: Revamp Your RIM Program!

February 18 - Access, Achieving Retention Program Success Part 2: From Plans to Action

February 19 - InfoGov Community Conversations, Data Quality, AI, and YOU!

February 19 - ARMA Nebraska, Case Study: The Good, the Bad, & The Ugly of AI in the Workplace & Beyond

February 19 - ARMA New Jersey, Harnessing AI for Smarter RIM & IG Programs

February 19 - ARMA Southern California Inland Empire, Managing Records in the Era of Remote Work

February 19 - ARMA Metro NYC-LI, Eight Weeks to Delete: From Dead Letter to Effective Retention and Disposal

February 19 - Greater Washington DC ARMA, How NARA’s latest guidelines will impact the Public Sector and high compliance organizations

February 19 - ARMA St. Louis, Winning the A.I. Game

February 19 - ARMA Financial Services Industry Group, Coffee & Chat (members only)

February 19 - IAPP and Exterro, Sleeping giant of privacy, security, and e-discovery data deletion (members only)

February 20 - AIIM Florida, Let the bots do the work: Using RPA vs. IDP to Automate Downstream Processes

February 20 - ARMA Oklahoma, "I Love Our Organization’s Information Policies,” said no one".

February 20 - ARMA Keystone, Collaboration Amongst Information Governance Professionals: A Path to Maturity

February 20 - ARMA Utah, State Records Center Tour and Service Project

February 20 - ILTA and ARMA, IG Day 2025

February 20 - IRMS London Group - Monthly Drinks and Networking Event - Central London

February 20 - Digital Government Institute, Modernizing Information Governance

February 20 - RIMPA Global, Developing a Globally Compliant Approach to R/IM Vendor Management

February 20 - Infotechtion, Secure Your Data with Microsoft Purview: How Elkem Achieved Success in Just 8 Weeks

February 21 - Athro Consulting, RIM Playbook Office Hours

February 21 - ARMA San Antonio, Putting the 'G' in IG: Records & Information Management – eDiscovery – Policy Drafting - Governance

February 21 - ARMA Manufacturing Industry Group Quarterly Roundtable (members only)

February 24 - Innovative Development Education Academy, Gaining Organizational Support – Identifying Your Stakeholders and Sourcing Program Funding

February 24-28 - International Conference on Digital Leadership and Disruptive Technologies in Africa, Addis Ababa, ETH

February 25 - Meru Data, Children's Privacy: Protecting and Managing Youth Data

February 25 - Gartner, 10 Best Practices to Scale GenAI Across the Enterprise

February 25 - Feith, Records Management University: Making the Principles Practical

February 25 - Access, Smart, Secure, & Sustainable: Evolving RIM & IG in Manufacturing

February 26 - ARMA Calgary and IMCanadaConnect, You Can't Take It With You: How to Manage Separating Employees' Information

February 26 - ARMA Greater Los Angeles, Enhancing Data Quality with AI for GenAI Success

February 26 - Greater Kansas City ARMA, Unplugged: Records and Information Governance with Technology Data Management

February 26 - ARMA Houston, Generative AI Regulatory Landscape and Debate

February 26 - InfoGovANZ, Meet Up: The State of Information Management in the Australian Government

February 26 - IRMS South West, Surviving the Digital Jungle: Episode 1: Digital Transformation in Records Management

February 26 - Infosource, Transforming Financial Services From Legacy to Leading Edge Thru Modern Automation

February 26 - CDO Magazine and Securiti, Building Safe Enterprise AI: A Practical Roadmap

February 27 - ARMA New England, DEIA in 2025: Where it is Heading and How it Will Affect the Workforce and All of Us in Coming Years

February 27 - ARMA Michigan, Introduction to ICRM Certifications

February 27 - ARMA Jacksonville, Mastering Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Records: Protecting Data While Driving Efficiency

February 27 - ARMA Boise, Pathways to Excellence: Mastering the ICRM Certification Journey

February 27 - AIIM and Iron Mountain, Navigating the Regulatory Landscape for the Year Ahead

February 27 - ARMA and Carahsoft, The IG Federal Summit 2025, Reston, VA

February 27 - IRMS Ireland, The Basics of AI Governance

February 27 - Digital Government Institute, "Zero Click" Records Management

February 27 - Iron Mountain, Navigating the regulatory landscape for the year ahead

February 27 - Gartner, AI Maturity & Roadmap: Accelerate Your Journey to AI Excellence

March 

March 3-5 - Digital Credentials Summit, Phoenix, AZ

March 3-5 - Tealium, Digital Velocity 2025: AI & Data on the Digital Frontier, San Diego, CA

March 4 - ARMA Metro NYC-LI, CONFIRM.NYC, New York City, NY

March 4 - Leadership Through Data, Share & Learn (Group Discussion)

March 4-6 - DAMA-I, Data Modeling Zone US 2025, Phoenix, AZ

March 5 - IRMS South West - Surviving the Digital Jungle: Episode 2: Data Privacy and Security

March 5 - AI Accelerator Institute, Generative AI Summit Washington, DC, Washington, DC

March 5 - Contoural, Creating a Modern, Compliant and Easier-to-execute Records Retention Schedule That Also Supports Privacy and AI

March 6 - ARMA Triangle, Mastering Records Management Training: Know Your Part, Dress the Part, Play the Part

March 6 - NAGARA, We Have to Scan What? How a Small Records Program Implemented an Archival Scanning Process

March 6 - Leadership Through Data, Your Data Carbon Footprint: What It Is & Why It Matters

March 6-7 - ARMA Southeast Sunshine Conference, Orlando, FL

March 10 - Innovative Development Education Academy, On the Road Again - The Intersection of RIM and eDiscovery - a Panel Discussion

March 10-13 - IAPP, Data Protection Intensive: UK 2025, London, UK

March 10-13 - HumanX, Las Vegas, NV

March 11 - ARMA North Dakota and ARMA Twin Cities, How to Manage Separating Employees' Information

March 11 - ARMA Mile High Denver, Information Governance Role in Privacy and AI Governance's Assessments

March 11 - ARMA Chicago, Changing Roles in Law Firm Information Governance

March 11 - ARMA Dallas, RIMMovation: Pioneering the Future, Unleashing Innovation

March 11 - AIIM+, AI+IM Global Summit Pathways - Artificial Intelligence Track

March 11 - InfoGovANZ, Meet Up: Genesis and the Age of AI

March 11 - Feith, Records Management University: Availability

March 11 - AI Accelerator Institute, Generative AI Summit Washington, D.C., Washington, DC

March 12 - ARMA Upstate New York, San Bruno Pipeline Explosion: A Records Management Disaster?

March 12-13 - Greater Seattle ARMA, Policy Drafting Workshop

March 13 - ARMA Iowa, Eight Weeks to Delete: From Dead Letter to Effective Retention and Disposal

March 13 - AIIM+, AI+IM Global Summit Pathways - Workflow and Process Automation Track

March 13 - RIMPA Global, Hackathon Winner Concept - IM as a Valued Strategic Asset

March 17-19 - KMWorld, KM & AI Summit, Scottsdale, AZ

March 17-20 - Data Governance and Master Data Management Conference Europe, London, UK

March 18 - ARMA Central Missouri, Creating an Accessible Digital Experience. For more information, contact Brandy Tunmire at Brandy.Tunmire@sos.mo.gov

March 18-19 - New Zealand Digital Workplace Conference 2025, Auckland, NZ

March 19 - ARMA Nebraska, Records in the Limelight: Project Management Secrets for Implementing Electronic Document Management Systems in the Public Sector

March 19 - ARMA Southern California Inland Empire, Mastering Microsoft Purview: Planning, Implementing and Governing Records Management

March 19 - IRMS, Data Reduction Programmes

March 19 - InfoGovANZ, Information Integrity, Transparency and Accountability

March 20 - RIMPA Global, IAW Great Debate | The Future of IM – Where Do Professionals Stand in an AI-Driven World?

March 20 - Buckeye DAMA, Why Certify with CDMP and Talk with your data using natural language

March 24 - Innovative Development Education Academy, Metadata - The What, When, and Where of Records Management

March 24-27 - Perfect Policies, Drafting Policies for Maximum Buy-In

March 25 - Austin ARMA, A 360 View for Early Wildlife Detection: Austin Energy and Austin Fire Department Collaborating with Pano AI

March 25 - Feith, Records Management University: Retention

March 26 - ARMA Houston, Heart of Compliance: Evaluating Automated and Semi-Automated Retention Approaches

March 28 - NAGARA 2025 Spring Online Forum: Risky Business: Records Management Supporting Risk Management

March 31 - April 2 - AI+IM Global Summit, Atlanta, GA

April

April 1 - RIMPA Global, Addressing Information Deficits – IM Professionals Strategic Value

April 2 - Digital Government Institute, 22nd Annual E-Discovery, Records and Information Management Conference, Reston, VA

April 2-5 - ABA Techshow, Chicago, IL

April 3 - NAGARA, Developing Effective Standard Operating Procedures

April 6-9 - i-SIGMA Conference & Expo, Dallas, TX

April 7 - Innovative Development Education Academy, Managing The Checks and Balances – Auditing Your Records Management Program

April 8 - ARMA Mile High Denver, Best Practices IG Can Prevent a Catastrophic Data Breach: The Case of Allium UPI in Estonia

April 8 - ARMA Southwest Ontario and ARMA Toronto, SWOxTO CON 2025: Data and Privacy in the Digital Era

April 8 - NAGARA, Measuring RIM Compliance without Scaring People (Much)

April 8 - Feith, Records Management University, Protection

April 8-9 - 10th Annual AI in Oil & Gas, Houston, TX

April 8-10 - ARMA Saskatchewan Conference, Regina, SK

April 9-11 - 11th Data Management ThinkLab, Prague, CZE

April 10 - Osano, Privacy Pro Survival Summit 2.0

April 14-17 - Laserfiche Empower 2025, Las Vegas, NV

April 21 - Innovative Development Education Academy, Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Artificial Intelligence for Records Management

April 21-24 - IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2025, Washington, DC

April 22 - ARMA Florida Gulf Coast Chapter, Records Management 101 

April 22 - ARMA Jacksonville, Records Management 101

April 22 - ARMA Madison, Developing Meaningful Metrics - Measure What Matters

April 22 - Feith, Records Management University, Disposition

April 22-23 - ARMA Houston Spring Conference

April 23 - ARMA Nebraska, Modern Approaches to IG: Best Practices and Case Studies

April 28-29 - Reuters, Momentum AI New York 2025, New York City, NY

April 28-30 - ARMA InfoNEXT, Savannah, GA

April 29-30 - AI Accelerator Institute, Generative AI Summit Silicon Valley, Santa Clara, CA

April 30 - May 1 - Data Universe, New York City

May

May 5-7 - Privacy + Security Forum Spring Academy, Washington, DC

May 5-9 DGIQ West, Anaheim, CA

May 6 - ARMA Mile High Denver Spring Seminar, Denver, CO

May 11-15 - IAPP, Canada Privacy Symposium 2025, Toronto, ON

May 12-15 - IAPP, AI Governance Global Europe 2025, Dublin, IRL

May 13-15 - ARMA Canada Information Conference, Montreal, QC

May 18-20 - IRMS Conference, Birmingham, UK

May 18-21 - ACMP, Change Chicago: Architects of Transformation, Chicago, IL

If you're looking for a speaker, I'm available to speak at your chapter or event. For more details, see https://informata.blogspot.com/2024/05/im-available-to-speak-at-your-event-may.html.

February 7, 2025

Irregular speaking schedule update, February 2025

Here is an updated list of my planned presentations between February and May 2025. 

February 11 - ARMA Chattanooga, Hey, I Still Have Access! How to Manage Separating Employees' Information

February 17 - Athro Consulting, RIM Playbook Office Hours

February 19 - InfoGov Community Conversations, Data Quality, AI, and YOU!

February 26 - ARMA Calgary and IMCanadaConnect, You Can't Take It With You: How to Manage Separating Employees' Information

March 6 - ARMA Southeast Sunshine Conference, How to Handle Legacy Data

March 11 - ARMA North Dakota & ARMA Twin Cities, How to Manage Separating Employees' Information

Aprill 1 - AI+IM 2025 Global Summit, Building Communities of Practice: Creating an Information Management Movement

April 30, ARMA InfoNEXT 2025, Is Your Organization Ready for Artificial Intelligence?  

May 15 - ARMA Oklahoma, Records Management in the Age of Privacy

May 22 - ARMA Iowa, Building and Sustaining Your RIM Program with a RIM Playbook

If you have any questions about any of these, drop me a note at jesse.wilkins@athroconsulting.com. If you're having an event and need a speaker, ditto; I also have a list of other speakers who have given me permission to share their contact information. 

February 2, 2025

Upcoming Industry Meetings and Webinars - February 1-28, 2025

Here are the industry webinars and events I'm aware of for February 1-28, 2025. Conferences and bigger events are listed through April 30, 2025 because they have longer lead times for approval, travel, etc. I don't have anything to do with any of these from a planning perspective, so please reach out to the individual event producers with any questions. Note also that I generally don't include training courses in this list.  

If you know of a webinar or other event during this period that is focused on IM, IG, RM, etc. that's not listed, let me know here or at jesse.wilkins@athroconsulting.com. No charge to list your event or to access the list. 

Vendors, other associations, consultants, etc. all welcome as long as the event is educational and not completely self-serving, e.g., no demos. If you are interested in listing your solution-specific webinar or event, please contact me about placing and highlighting your event. 

February 

February 4 - Leadership Through Data and ARMA Edmonton, Migration: Share Drive & OneDrive: Are they ready?

February 5-6 - Privado.ai, Bridge Summit 2025, virtual

February 6 - ARMA Triangle, Quick Wins for RIM: A Lunchtime Chat

February 6 - DAMA GA, Data as the Foundation for AI Success

February 6 - NAGARA, A Flock of Digital Birds, One Remote Stone: Using Remote Work to Remediate & Advance Transcription Projects

February 6 - Laserfiche, Document Management in 2025 and Beyond

February 7 - ARMA Golden State and City Clerks Association of California, Certified Records Associate Workshop

February 11 - ARMA Chattanooga, Hey, I Still Have Access! How to Manage Separating Employees' Information

February 11 - AIIM+, AIIM CIP Futurist Think Tank (members only)

February 11 - ARMA Mile High Denver, This is How We Do It: a Playbook for RIM Success

February 11 - ARMA Dallas, Records Storage Requirements 

February 11 - Northeast Ohio ARMA, AI Usage in the IG Space: Legal Challenges and Modern Uses

February 11 - Twin Cities ARMA, Email Deleting Parties and More: Training with a Twist

February 11 - NAGARA, A Lever Long Enough: Oregon's Path to Systematic E-Communications Retention in M365

February 12 - Greater Seattle ARMA, Disaster Preparedness in the PNW - Are Your Records Processes Ready?

February 12 - ARMA Metro Maryland, Digitizing the Library of Virginia's State and Local Government Records through 'Virginia Untold'

February 12 - Greater Kansas City ARMA, "I Love Our Organization’s Information Policies,” said no one.  

February 12 - ARMA Cascadia, Roundtable and Brainstorming for Future Events

February 12 - InfoGovANZ, Meet Up: People, skills and culture for effective AI Governance

February 12 - Contoural, Five Must-dos if Your Company Wants to Use Generative AI Beyond Simply ChatGPT

February 12 - AI Accelerator Institute, Generative AI Summit Austin, Austin, TX

February 13 - ARMA Milwaukee, Throwing Out Old Data: An In-Depth Look at Content Disposition in Microsoft 365

February 13 - RIMPA Global, Developing a Globally Compliant Approach to R/IM Vendor Management

February 14 - Austin ARMA, For the Love of RIM: Falling Head over Heels for AI, Security, and Governance

February 14 - IRMS Third Sector, Launch & Data Access Bill Update for Charities

February 17 - ARMA Houston, Happy Hour

February 18 - AIIM+, A Brief Introduction to Data Quality Management and Possible Data Quality Careers (members only)

February 18 - Florida Gulf Coast ARMA, Mastering Data Migration Aligning IT, Records Management, and Governance for Strategic Success 

February 18 - ARMA Central Missouri, Piloting an Information Governance Program for Take Off

February 18 - ARMA, ARMA Legal Industry Group - Coffee and Chat (members only)

February 18 - InfoGovANZ, Insider Threats: Unmasking the Enemy Within – Lessons from Incident Response Investigations

February 18 - Leadership Through Data and ARMA Edmonton, Microsoft Teams data & governance: Thinking about our information

February 18 - Zasio, Kickstart Your 2025: Revamp Your RIM Program!

February 18 - Access, Achieving Retention Program Success Part 2: From Plans to Action

February 19 - InfoGov Community Conversations, Data Quality, AI, and YOU!

February 19 - ARMA Nebraska, Case Study: The Good, the Bad, & The Ugly of AI in the Workplace & Beyond

February 19 - ARMA Southern California Inland Empire, Managing Records in the Era of Remote Work

February 19 - ARMA Metro NYC-LI, Eight Weeks to Delete: From Dead Letter to Effective Retention and Disposal

February 19 - ARMA St. Louis, Winning the A.I. Game

February 19 - ARMA Financial Services Industry Group, Coffee & Chat (members only)

February 19 - IAPP and Exterro, Sleeping giant of privacy, security, and e-discovery data deletion (members only)

February 20 - AIIM Florida, Let the bots do the work: Using RPA vs. IDP to Automate Downstream Processes

February 20 - ARMA Oklahoma, "I Love Our Organization’s Information Policies,” said no one

February 20 - ARMA Keystone, Collaboration Amongst Information Governance Professionals: A Path to Maturity

February 20 - IRMS London Group, Monthly Drinks and Networking Event - Central London

February 20 - Digital Government Institute and Iron Mountain, Modernizing Information Governance

February 21 - Athro Consulting, RIM Playbook Office Hours

February 21 - ARMA San Antonio, Putting the 'G' in IG: Records & Information Management – eDiscovery – Policy Drafting - Governance

February 21 - ARMA, Manufacturing Industry Group Quarterly Roundtable (members only)

February 24 - Innovative Development Education Academy, Gaining Organizational Support – Identifying Your Stakeholders and Sourcing Program Funding

February 24-28 - International Conference on Digital Leadership and Disruptive Technologies in Africa, Addis Ababa, ETH

February 25 - Meru Data, Children's Privacy: Protecting and Managing Youth Data

February 25 - Feith, Records Management University: Making the Principles Practical

February 26 - ARMA Calgary and IMCanadaConnect, You Can't Take It With You: How to Manage Separating Employees' Information

February 26 - Greater Kansas City ARMA, Unplugged: Records and Information Governance with Technology Data Management

February 26 - InfoGovANZ, Meet Up: The State of Information Management in the Australian Government

February 26 - IRMS, Surviving the Digital Jungle: Episode 1: Digital Transformation in Records Management

February 27 - ARMA New England, DEIA in 2025: Where it is Heading and How it Will Affect the Workforce and All of Us in Coming Years

February 27 - ARMA Michigan, Introduction to ICRM Certifications

February 27 - ARMA Jacksonville, Mastering AI in Records: Protecting Data While Driving Efficiency

February 27 - ARMA Boise, Pathways to Excellence: Mastering the ICRM Certification Journey. Contact Misty Perry at mperry@achdidaho.org to RSVP. 

February 27 - ARMA and Carahsoft, The IG Federal Summit 2025, Reston, VA

February 27 - Digital Government Institute, "Zero Click" Records Management

February 27 - Iron Mountain, Navigating the regulatory landscape for the year ahead

March 

March 3-5 - Digital Credentials Summit, Phoenix, AZ

March 3-5 - Tealium, Digital Velocity 2025: AI & Data on the Digital Frontier, San Diego, CA

March 4 - ARMA Metro NYC-LI, CONFIRM.NYC, New York City, NY

March 4-6 - DAMA-I, Data Modeling Zone US 2025, Phoenix, AZ

March 5 - AI Accelerator Institute, Generative AI Summit, Washington, DC

March 6-7 - ARMA Southeast Sunshine Conference, Orlando, FL

March 10-13 - IAPP, Data Protection Intensive: UK 2025, London, UK

March 10-13 - HumanX, Las Vegas, NV

March 12-13 - Greater Seattle ARMA, Policy Drafting Workshop

March 13 - ARMA Iowa, Eight Weeks to Delete: From Dead Letter to Effective Retention and Disposal

March 17-19 - KMWorld, KM & AI Summit, Scottsdale, AZ

March 17-20 - Data Governance and Master Data Management Conference Europe, London, UK

March 18-19 - New Zealand Digital Workplace Conference 2025, Auckland, NZ

March 24-27 - Perfect Policies, Drafting Policies for Maximum Buy-In

March 28 - NAGARA, Risky Business: Records Management Supporting Risk Management

March 31 - April 2 - AI+IM Global Summit, Atlanta, GA

April

April 6-9 - i-SIGMA Conference & Expo, Dallas, TX

April 8-9 - 10th Annual AI in Oil & Gas, Houston, TX

April 8-10 - ARMA Saskatchewan Conference, Regina, SK

April 9-11 - 11th Data Management ThinkLab, Prague, CZE

April 14-17 - Laserfiche Empower 2025, Las Vegas, NV

April 21-24 - IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2025, Washington, DC

April 22-23 - ARMA Houston Spring Conference, Houston, TX

April 28-29 - Reuters, Momentum AI New York 2025, New York City, NY

April 28-30 - ARMA InfoNEXT, Savannah, GA

April 29-30 - AI Accelerator Institute, Generative AI Summit Silicon Valley, Santa Clara, CA

April 30 - May 1 - Data Universe, New York City

If you're looking for a speaker, I'm available to speak at your chapter or event. For more details, see https://informata.blogspot.com/2024/05/im-available-to-speak-at-your-event-may.html.

January 27, 2025

RIMPA Opens Call for Speakers for RIMPA Live 2025

RIMPA Global has announced it is seeking speakers for the RIMPA Live 2025 Convention, scheduled for October 28-30 in Melbourne, AUS. The theme is "Future-Ready in Information." 

Proposals are due no later than February 14, 2025. For more information on what they're looking for, or to submit a proposal, visit https://www.rimpa.com.au/events/rimpa-live-2025/speaker.html.

January 22, 2025

InfoGov World Opens Call for Speakers for InfoGov World 2025

Update 2/27: The call for speakers closes on March 31, 2025. 

InfoGov World has announced its call for speakers for InfoGov World 2025, scheduled for October 27-29 in San Diego, CA. There aren't a lot of details on the call for speakers page, and no deadline is listed, but the list of speakers for IGW 2024 is there and impressive. 

For more information or to submit a proposal, visit https://infogovworldconference.com/speaker-submissions


January 15, 2025

Upcoming Industry Meetings and Webinars - January 16 - February 15, 2025

Here are the industry webinars and events I'm aware of for January 16 - February 15, 2025. Conferences and bigger events are listed through April 30, 2025 because they have longer lead times. I don't have anything to do with any of these from a planning perspective, so please reach out to the individual event producers with any questions. Note also that I generally don't include training courses in this list.  

If you know of a webinar or other event during this period that is focused on IG, DM, RM, privacy, AI, etc. that's not listed, let me know here or at jesse.wilkins@athroconsulting.com. No charge to list your event or to access the list. 

Events hosted by vendors, other associations, consultants, etc. are all welcome as long as the event is educational and not completely self-serving, e.g., no demos. If you are interested in listing your solution-specific webinar or event, please contact me about placing and highlighting your event. 

January 

January 16 - ARMA Milwaukee, Records and Archives: A Personal Journey with John Mancini

January 16 - ARMA Oklahoma, Board Panel Roundtable

January 16 - ARMA Michigan, Understanding the Legal Hold Process and Bridging the Gap between Legal, IT, and Info Governance

January 16 - ARMA Dallas, New Year's Social

January 16 - ARMA Utah, Privacy Month

January 16 - ARMA St. Louis, Selling Your IG Program to the C-Level

January 16 - ARMA Keystone, Navigating Complexities: Overcoming Implementation Challenges & Establishing a Contract Lifecycle Management Program

January 16 - ARMA Golden State, Managing Records in an ERA of Remote Work

January 16 - DAMA NY, Leveraging Data integration and Data visualization to establish a Data Driven Environment

January 17 - Athro Consulting, Playbook Office Hours

January 20 - ARMA Houston Happy Hour

January 21 - ARMA Central Missouri, Emergency Preparedness: Risk Assessments, Planning, and Supplies

January 21 - ARMA Florida Gulf Coast, Networking for Introverts

January 21 - Austin ARMA, You Can't Manage What You Don't Know: Conflict Styles in RIM

January 21 - ARMA San Antonio, A Rose_v2_Final_V2_5_Final_Final Would Smell as Sweet: Naming Conventions Matter

January 21 - ARMA Legal Industry Group, Artificial Intelligence - Here, There, Everywhere (members only)

January 21 - DAMA Philadelphia, CDMP Study Session - Data Governance Continued

January 22 - ARMA Metro NYC-LI, Social & Networking Event

January 22 - InfoGov Community Conversations, Dirty Little Secrets of Scanning

January 22 - AIIM and Smart Communications, Tackling Data Quality in the AI Era

January 22 - Enterprise Data Governance Online, virtual

January 22 - Colligo, Outlook Overload: The Hidden Business Risks of Email Storage

January 23 - IAPP and Privado.ai, Holistic mobile app privacy risk prevention: Dynamic and static app scanning (members only)

January 23 - IMCanadaConnect, Many Hats!  What Have I Learned Creating a Records Management Program

January 23 - Archive360, Data Governance Roadmap - Lessons Learned for Success

January 23-24 - TBM Group, 5th Annual Excellence in Master Data Management & Data Governance Summit, Amsterdam, NL

January 24 - IAPP, Synthesizing US state privacy law: Cross-cutting compliance strategies for 2025 (members only)

January 24-25 Privacy Everywhere Conference, Urbana, IL and online

January 27-29 - OPEX Week: Business Transformation World Summit, Miami, FL

January 28 - AIIM+ Community Conversation: Navigating the Divide (members only)

January 28 - IAPP and BigID, Navigating privacy in AI: Insights for Data Privacy Day 2025 (members only)

January 28 - ARMA Edmonton and Leadership Through Data, Capacity requirements: Who's involved? Individual, Team, or IT Dept?

January 29 - ARMA Greater Los Angeles, Social Engineering: What the RIM Professional Needs to Know

January 29 - IAPP and Osano, Getting bang for your buck: Spending your 2025 privacy budget wisely (members only)

January 29 - DGPO, From Chaos to Clarity: How Metadata Shapes the Future of Data Management  

January 29 - RIMPA Global, Victorian Local Government CoP Lunch n Learn

January 29 - Meru Data, Harnessing Data Maps' Potential for AI, Regulatory, and Business Success

January 30 - AIIM Florida, You Can't Take It With You: How to Manage Separating Employees' Information

January 30 - ARMA and Access, Progressing Your Program Along the ARMA IG Maturity Model

January 30 - InfoGovANZ, Australia's Privacy Act Reforms: Compliance Implications

January 30 - ARA UK, Introduction to ARA Security Guidance

January 30 - DAMA Edmonton, How to use Generative AI to build a ChatBot for healthcare triage (other industry)

January 30 - Contoural, How To Classify Millions of Files and Emails Using Just Microsoft 365?

February 

February 4 - Leadership Through Data, Migration: Share Drive & OneDrive: Are they ready?

February 5-6 - Privado.ai, Bridge Summit 2025, virtual

February 6 - DAMA GA, Data as the Foundation for AI Success

February 6 - NAGARA, A Flock of Digital Birds, One Remote Stone: Using Remote Work to Remediate & Advance Transcription Projects

February 11 - AIIM+, CIP Futurist Think Tank (members only)

February 11 - ARMA Mile High Denver, This is How We Do It: a Playbook for RIM Success

February 11 - Twin Cities ARMA, Email Deleting Parties and More: Training with a Twist

February 11 - NAGARA, A Lever Long Enough: Oregon's Path to Systematic E-Communications Retention in M365

February 12 - InfoGovANZ, Meet Up: People, skills and culture for effective AI Governance

February 12 - AI Accelerator Institute, Generative AI Summit Austin, Austin, TX

February 13 - RIMPA Global, Developing a Globally Compliant Approach to R/IM Vendor Management

February 14 - Austin ARMA, For the Love of RIM: Falling Head over Heels for AI, Security, and Governance

February 21 - Microsoft M365 Community Days DC 2025, Arlington, VA

February 27 - ARMA and Carahsoft, The IG Federal Summit 2025, Reston, VA

March 

March 3-5 - Digital Credentials Summit, Phoenix, AZ

March 3-5 - Tealium, Digital Velocity 2025: AI & Data on the Digital Frontier, San Diego, CA

March 4 - ARMA Metro NYC-LI, CONFIRM.NYC, New York City, NY

March 5 - AI Accelerator Institute, Generative AI Summit Washington, D.C., Washington, DC

March 6-7 - ARMA Southeast Sunshine Conference, Orlando, FL

March 10-13 - HumanX, Las Vegas, NV

March 11 - AI Accelerator Institute, Generative AI Summit Washington, D.C., Washington, DC

March 17-19 - KMWorld, KM & AI Summit, Scottsdale, AZ

March 17-20 - Data Governance and Master Data Management Conference Europe, London, UK

March 18-19 - New Zealand Digital Workplace Conference 2025, Auckland, NZ

March 31 - April 2 - AI+IM Global Summit, Atlanta, GA

April

April 6-9 - i-SIGMA Conference & Expo, Dallas, TX

April 8-10 - ARMA Saskatchewan Conference, Regina, SK

April 14-17 - Laserfiche Empower 2025, Las Vegas, NV

April 21-24 - IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2025, Washington, DC

April 22-23 - ARMA Houston Spring Conference, Houston, TX

April 28-29 - Reuters, Momentum AI New York 2025, New York City, NY

April 28-30 - ARMA InfoNEXT, Savannah, GA

April 29-30 - AI Accelerator Institute, Generative AI Summit Silicon Valley, Santa Clara, CA

April 30 - May 1 - Data Universe, New York City, NY

If you're looking for a speaker, I'm available to speak at your chapter or event. For more details, see https://informata.blogspot.com/2024/05/im-available-to-speak-at-your-event-may.html.