Upcoming Industry Meetings and Webinars, December 16, 2025 - March 31, 2026

Here are the industry events and webinars I'm aware of for December 16, 2025 - March 31, 2026. 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. 

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 jwilkins13@gmail.com. No charge to list your event or to access the list. 

Vendors, other associations, consultants, etc., your events 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. 

December

December 16 - ARMA Metro Maryland, RIM for the Masses (and Messes)

December 17 - WesternIM, IMCC: Turning Holiday Chaos into Compliance: FOIP at the North Pole

December 17 - ARMA Nebraska, File Content Clean Up for Records Managers

December 17 - ARMA Southern California Inland Empire, From Records to Governance: A Records Manager's Guide to AI

December 17 - ILTA, Microsoft, and Epiq, Ask the Expert: What’s New in Purview—and Why It Matters for Law Firms - Webinar 2/6

December 18 - ARMA Northern Virginia, AI Education for RIM Professionals: What's Here, What's Next

December 18 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting - December

December 18 - Dataversity, RWDG Webinar: Building a Data Governance Culture from Top Leadership to Grassroots Adoption

December 19 - Jesse Wilkins, RIM Playbook Office Hours

January

January 6 - Dataversity, Cutting Through the Noise: What AI Governance Leaders Really Need to Know

January 8 - ARMA Cascadia, Lessons Learned

January 8 - Dataversity, 2026 Trends in Analytics Architectures

January 13 - Twin Cities ARMA, The intersection of eDiscovery, Records Management, and Data Privacy: How to Maneuver the Defensible Disposition Quandary

January 13 - ARMA Dallas, Human-Centered Records Management: Essential Soft Skills for RIM Professionals

January 13 - AIIM, WIIM Community Conversation - Reclaiming the Code - Women in Tech and the Future of AI

January 13 - Dataversity, Data Strategy in Action: Using AI to Build a Foundation for Enterprise Data Governance Success

January 14 - ARMA Michigan, Practical Approaches for Managing Unstructured Data in M&A

January 14 - ILTA, Microsoft, and Epiq, Ask the Expert: How to Understand Your Data with Purview and M365 - Webinar 3/6

January 15 - ARMA Northern Virginia, Leveraging AI for RIM Professionals

January 15 - Contoural, Expand and Modernize Your Records Program Without Adding Staff

January 15 - Dataversity, The Future of Data Governance: Trends to Watch in 2026

January 16 - IAPP, EU digital law and policy: Mapping the emergent landscape

January 20 - ARMA Central Missouri, Plain O.L.D. Logic

January 21 - ARMA Nebraska, Records & Data for the Register of Nebraska Historic Places

January 21 - ARMA, Financial Services Industry Group

January 21 - InfoGovANZ, MeetUp: AI Reads: Empire of AI, Co-Intelligence, and Agentic Artificial Intelligence

January 22 - Graphic Imaging Services, Wrangling Data and Securing the Future

January 28 - ARMA Houston, Don’t Be Left Holding the Bag: Targeted Strategies for Reasonably and Defensibly Scoping Legal Holds in the Age of Data Minimization

January 28 - Dataversity, Enterprise Data Governance Online

January 28 - IAPP and BigID, How to get your data AI-ready - even if it's a mess right now

February

February 4 - ILTA, Microsoft, and Epiq: Ask the Expert: Moderated Purview Roundtable #1 - Peer Firm Deployment Strategies - Webinar 4/6

February 4 - RIMPA Global, Geelong Gathering, Welcome to 2026

February 4-5 - Privado AI, Bridge 2026

February 5 - Digital Government Institute, "Zero Click" Records Management

February 5 - NAGARA, Novice to Know-How: Building Digital Preservation Expertise

February 6 - Austin ARMA, Spring Seminar 2026 - Half Full: Turning RIM Challenges into Strategic Wins

February 10 - ARMA Chicago, McDonald's Corporate Archives and RIM Intersection

February 10 - Twin Cities ARMA, February 2026 Webinar- How to Build a Software-Ready Retention Schedule for EDRMS

February 10 - NAGARA, Data Disposition: How RIM Created Order Out of Chaos

February 12 - ARMA Cascadia, Case Study: Network Drive Clean-Up Project

February 13 - ARMA San Antonio, Annual Seminar

February 18 - ARMA Nebraska, AI & E-Discovery

February 18 - InfoGovANZ, MeetUp: Cybersecurity and Privacy Insights 2026: Latest Guidance, Decisions and Reforms

February 18 - ILTA, Microsoft, and Epiq: Ask the Expert: Navigating Purview Deployment Considerations for Law Firms - Webinar 5/6

February 19-20 - ARMA Southeast Sunshine Conference, Lake Buena Vista South

February 20 - ARMA, Manufacturing Industry Group Quarterly Roundtable

February 23-25 - Reltio, DataDriven 2026, Orlando, FL

February 23-26 - IAPP, UK Intensive 2026, London, UK

February 24 - AIIM, Legal Network Coffee Chat

February 26 - ARMA Golden State, The Invisible Agreement: Emotional Intelligence and the Power of Psychological Contracts

February 26 - RIMPA Global, South Australia Information Management Community of Practice

February 26-27 - ARMA, Public Sector InfoGov Summit 2026, Washington, DC

March

March 3 - ARMA Metro NYC-LI, CONFIRM.NYC 2026

March 5 - Digital Government Institute, AI in Action: Modernizing Data & Information Governance

March 5 - NAGARA, Where to Start and Where to Go: Lessons from the First Two Years

March 9-12 - ALM and Law.com, LegalWeek, New York City, NY 

March 16-19 - Perfect Policies, Drafting Policies for Maximum Buy-In

March 18 - ILTA, Microsoft, and Epiq: Ask the Expert: Advanced Deployment and Lessons Learned - Webinar 6/6

March 19 - Digital Government Institute, 23rd Annual E-Discovery and Information Management Conference, Washington, DC

March 29-31 - i-SIGMA Conference & Expo 2026, San Diego, CA

March 30 - April 2 - IAPP, Global Summit 2026, Washington, DC

If you're looking for a speaker, I may be 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 or email me at jwilkins13@gmail.com.

Upcoming Industry Meetings and Webinars, November 16, 2025 - February 28, 2026

Here are the industry events and webinars I'm aware of for November 16, 2025 - February 28, 2026. 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. I also don't generally list placeholders, "Save the Date", etc. 

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 jwilkins13@gmail.com. No charge to list your event or to access the list. 

Vendors, other associations, consultants, etc., your events 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. 

November

November 17 - Austin ARMA, The Intersection of Information Governance and Records Management

November 17-20 - OpenText World, Nashville, TN

November 17-20 - IAPP, Europe Data Protection Congress 2025, Brussels, BEL

November 17-21 - Microsoft Ignite, San Francisco, CA

November 18 - ARMA Mile High Denver, Case Study: How South Platte Renewal Elevated Their RIM/IG Program

November 18 - ARMA Golden State, The Dumpster Fire Diaries: Real Talk on Records Management Challenges

November 18 - ARMA Atlanta, Convincing Senior Management to Elevate Records Management into Strategic Information Governance

November 18 - ARMA Central Missouri, Pathway to Excellence - Mastering the ICRM Certification Journey

November 18 - ARMA San Antonio, Practical eDiscovery Scenarios & How to Build Your Search Criteria in MS Purview

November 18 - ARMA Michigan, Understanding the Legal Hold Process and Bridging the Gap Between Legal, IT and Info Governance - Part 2

November 18 - ARMA, Legal Industry Group - November Coffee & Chat

November 18 - AIIM, AI+IM Regional Forum, Toronto, ON

November 18 - Feith, RMU: Developing a Records Management Framework

November 18 - ILTA, Conditional Access: Enhancing Policies to Protect Clients Without Disruption

November 18 - RIMPA Global, Unstructured Data, Untangled: Practical Steps to Master the Mess

November 19 - InfoGov Community Roundtables, Governance, Dashboards, and Audits (Oh My)

November 19 - ARMA Metro Maryland, Government Data Of the People, By the People, For the People: Balancing Personal Privacy and the Public Good

November 19 - ARMA Metro NYC-LI, From File Clerk to Global Director: Building a Career (And the Confidence) to Lead Information Governance

November 19 - ARMA Houston, How to Build a Software-Ready Retention Schedule

November 19 - ARMA Nebraska, Retention with Confidence: Aligning Policies with Compliance & Risk Management

November 19 - ARMA New Jersey, Is Your Company Drowning in Data and Still Flying Blind? 

November 19 - Orange County ARMA, Convincing Senior Management to Elevate Records Management Into Strategic IG

November 19 - ARMA Southern California Inland Empire, Operationalizing Defensible Disposition at Scale

November 19 - ARMA Southwest Ontario, Ready, Set, Scan: Part 2

November 19 - Colligo, Email Retention & Deletion: Best Practices + Case Studies

November 20 - ARMA Oklahoma, Expedition Unknown - Unearthing Your Life of Asset Records

November 20 - ARMA New England, The IG Practitioner’s Guide to Smarter Software Procurement

November 20 - ARMA Keystone PA, Unlocking Success: The Power of Soft Skills in Records and Information Management. Contact Susan Hadley at shadley@morrisjames.com for more information or to register.

November 20 - ARMA Jacksonville, Walking Tour of Jacksonville

November 20 - ARMA Utah, AI's Legal Implications for Data Governance

November 20 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting - November

November 20 - ILTA, Team IG: Balancing Data Movement and Disposition with Knowledge and AI Needs

November 20 - Dataversity, RWDG Webinar: Advanced Techniques for Metadata-Driven Data Governance

November 20 - RIMPA Global, South Australian Information Management Community of Practice

November 25 - ARMA, Public Transit & Transportation Industry Group

November 25 - RIMPA Global, Part 2 - Information & Records Management Sector Survey - An Industry Profile

November 26 - Western IM, IMCC: Remembering to Forget: Assessing B.C. Ministry of Finance's Readiness for GDPR-Style Data Erasure

December

December 2 - ARMA Orlando, Convincing Senior Management to Elevate Records Management into Strategic Information Governance

December 2 - Dataversity, DAS Webinar:  The Business Value of Data Modeling 

December 2 - ARMA and Cadence Solutions, Mastering Data Migration

December 2 - RIMPA Global, Step Into the Hotseat: Cyber Risk - The C-Suite War Stories

December 2 - InfoGovANZ, MeetUp - 2025 Review: Lessons, Trends, and Reading for the Year Ahead

December 2-5, IAPP, ANZ Summit 2025, Sydney, AUS

December 3 - ARMA Upstate New York, Responsible AI

December 3 - WesternIM, IMCC: POP OFF! Be a Privacy Hero: Privacy 101

December 3 - ILTA, 2025 IG Day

December 3 - ILTA, Microsoft, and Epiq, Ask the Expert: Why Purview Matters for Law Firms in an AI-First World - Webinar 1/6

December 3 - IRMS Scotland Group, Records Management Symposium

December 3 - Dataversity, Women in Data Management and Governance, The Data Governance Challenge

December 4 - NAGARA, A Records Management Approach to Social Media Preservation and Normalization

December 4 - Exterro, eDiscovery Day

December 9 - ARMA Dallas, How Long to Save Chats, Messages, Recordings, Prompts, Emails, and Other Odds and Ends

December 9 - AIIM, WIIM Community Conversation - The Power of Program Management: Sustaining Value Beyond Delivery

December 9 - ARMA InfoNEXT and Filerskeepers, Implementing Retention Across Structured and Unstructured Systems

December 9 - Dataversity, Data-Ed Webinar: Data Management Best Practices

December 9 - NAGARA, Digital Preservation in a Nutshell

December 9 - RIMPA Global, The Real Value of Innovation & Challenging Legacy Thinking

December 10 - ARMA Northeast Ohio, Part 1 – From Plan to Action: Practical Steps for Effective Legacy Records Destruction and Part 2 – Managing Defensible Disposition from Drives to File Rooms

December 10 - AIIM, AI+IM Regional Forum, Washington, DC

December 10-11 - The AI Summit New York 2025, New York City, NY

December 11 - AIIM, SER, and Infocap.ai, Insight Series: Preparing for 2026: Emerging Trends in AI and Automation for Information Management

December 11 - Dataversity, AArch Webinar: AIOps – Applying DevOps to Competitive Advantage

December 11 - Contoural, How to Hire for Information Governance

December 11 - Digital Government Institute, Electronic Records Transfer Best Practices

December 11 - ILTA, Model Context Protocol Within Legal

December 11 - ARMA Columbus, IG and Artificial Intelligence

December 11 - RIMPA Global, Information Management Assessment: Mapping Your Information Ecosystem

December 17 - ARMA Nebraska, File Content Clean Up for Records Managers

December 17 - ILTA, Microsoft, and Epiq, Ask the Expert: What’s New in Purview—and Why It Matters for Law Firms - Webinar 2/6

December 18 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting - December

December 18 - Dataversity, RWDG Webinar: Building a Data Governance Culture from Top Leadership to Grassroots Adoption

January 2026

January 13 - Twin Cities ARMA, The intersection of eDiscovery, Records Management, and Data Privacy: How to Maneuver the Defensible Disposition Quandary

January 13 - AIIM, WIIM Community Conversation - Reclaiming the Code - Women in Tech and the Future of AI

January 14 - ILTA, Microsoft, and Epiq, Ask the Expert: How to Understand Your Data with Purview and M365 - Webinar 3/6

January 15 - Contoural, Expand and Modernize Your Records Program Without Adding Staff

January 21 - ARMA, Financial Services Industry Group

January 21 - InfoGovANZ, MeetUp: AI Reads: Empire of AI, Co-Intelligence, and Agentic Artificial Intelligence

January 26 - IAPP, EU digital law and privacy: Mapping the emergent landscape

January 28 - Dataversity, Enterprise Data Governance Online

February

February 4 - ILTA, Microsoft, and Epiq: Ask the Expert: Moderated Purview Roundtable #1 - Peer Firm Deployment Strategies - Webinar 4/6

February 5 - Digital Government Institute, "Zero Click" Records Management

February 10 - ARMA Chicago, McDonald's Corporate Archives and RIM Intersection

February 10 - Twin Cities ARMA, How to Build a Software-Ready Retention Schedule for EDRMS

February 13 - ARMA San Antonio, Annual Seminar

February 18 - InfoGovANZ, MeetUp: Cybersecurity and Privacy Insights 2026: Latest Guidance, Decisions and Reforms

February 18 - ILTA, Microsoft, and Epiq: Ask the Expert: Navigating Purview Deployment Considerations for Law Firms - Webinar 5/6

February 19-20 - ARMA Southeast Sunshine Conference, Lake Buena Vista South

February 23-26 - IAPP, UK Intensive 2026, London, UK

February 24 - AIIM, Legal Network Coffee Chat

If you're looking for a speaker, I may be 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 or email me at jwilkins13@gmail.com.

Upcoming Industry Meetings and Webinars, November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026

Here are the industry events and webinars I'm aware of for November 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026. 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. 

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 jwilkins13@gmail.com. No charge to list your event or to access the list. 

Vendors, other associations, consultants, etc., your events 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. 

November

November 4 - Twin Cities ARMA, Fall Conference

November 4 - ILTA, Team IG: Balancing Data Movement and Disposition with Knowledge and AI Needs

November 4 - Zasio and ARMA Boise, Virtual Coffee with Consulting: Securing High-Value Records in the Digital Age

November 5 - ARMA St. Louis, Digital Transformation, Digital AI and Governance

November 5 - ARMA Orlando, Orange County History Center Tour

November 5 - ARMA Southwest Ontario, Ready, Set, Scan: Part 1

November 5 - ILTA, Keeping Your AI Assistant Updated and Effective

November 6 - ARMA Triangle Chapter, Preparing for Professional Certifications

November 6 - AI+IM Regional Exchange, The Hague, Netherlands

November 6 - Digital Government Institute, AI Implementation Success Stories

November 6 - NAGARA, I Pelt You!? An Update on ISO Standards Related to Long-term Digital Preservation, including OAIS

November 10 - IAPP and HCLTech, AI governance and cybersecurity in the agentic era

November 11 - ARMA Northeast Ohio, Corporate Values: Fuel for IM Policy Compliance

November 11 - ARMA Chicago, Managing Outlook as a System of Records

November 11 - IAPP and HP, Invisible risk: Algorithms, implications and the new scope of personal data

November 11 - Dataversity, Data-Ed Webinar: Maximizing the Value of Your Data Warehouse – A Strategic Approach to Business Intelligence and Innovation

November 12 - Greater Chattanooga ARMA, The Emerging Privacy Litigation Landscape

November 12 - Greater Kansas City ARMA, Planning Your RIM Month Event Note that the link is for the virtual session; contact Karen Pierce at piercek@bv.com to RSVP for the in-person version.

November 12 - ARMA Dallas, Securing the Human Element: Culture, Policy, and Trust

November 12 - ARMA Cascadia, Driving RM Compliance...when you have no stick and no carrot

November 12 - ARMA St. Louis, Digital Transformation, Digital AI and Governance

November 12 - ILTACON Europe 2025, London, UK

November 12 - IAPP and Exterro, ROT to resilience: Building a defensible disposition program privacy teams trust

November 12 - InfoGovANZ, MeetUp: Governing Generative AI - Latest Developments, Risks & Best Practices

November 12 - Meru Data, Navigating the Evolving Privacy Enforcement Landscape and AdTech and Practical Tips for Compliance

November 12 - Info-Tech Research Group, The AI Playbook: Secrets to Driving Transformation and Value

November 12-13 - TWAIN Converge, Safety Harbor, FL

November 13 - ARMA Greater Seattle, Job Hunting In The IG Sector

November 13 - IRMS, Legal Roundtable Discussion

November 13 - Digital Government Institute, Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Cybersecurity

November 13 - Dataversity, AArch Webinar: Designing a Data Platform for the Future – Principles, Patterns, and Best Practices for Data Fabrics and Data Meshes

November 13 - Contoural, The Great Debate: Can Microsoft 365 Be Your Records Repository?

November 13 - Leadership Through Data, Information Governance & Data Frameworks

November 13 - ILTA, Team IG - The Art of Influence - Diplomacy and Organizational Politics in IG - Part 3

November 14 - ARMA, Manufacturing Industry Group Quarterly Roundtable

November 16-21 - Live!360, Orlando, FL

November 17 - Austin ARMA, The Intersection of Information Governance and Records Management

November 17-20 - OpenText World, Nashville, TN

November 17-20 - IAPP, Europe Data Protection Congress 2025, Brussels, BEL

November 17-21 - Microsoft Ignite, San Francisco, CA

November 18 - ARMA Mile High Denver, Case Study: How South Platte Renewal Elevated Their RIM/IG Program

November 18 - ARMA Golden State, The Dumpster Fire Diaries: Real Talk on Records Management Challenges

November 18 - ARMA Atlanta, Convincing Senior Management to Elevate Records Management into Strategic Information Governance

November 18 - ARMA San Antonio, Practical eDiscovery Scenarios & How to Build Your Search Criteria in MS Purview

November 18 - ARMA Michigan, Understanding the Legal Hold Process and Bridging the Gap Between Legal, IT and Info Governance - Part 2

November 18 - ARMA, Legal Industry Group - November Coffee & Chat

November 18 - AI+IM Regional Forum, Toronto, ON

November 18 - Feith, RMU: Developing a Records Management Framework

November 18 - ILTA, Conditional Access: Enhancing Policies to Protect Clients Without Disruption

November 19 - InfoGov Community Roundtables, Governance, Dashboards, and Audits (Oh My)

November 19 - ARMA Metro Maryland, Government Data Of the People, By the People, For the People: Balancing Personal Privacy and the Public Good

November 19 - ARMA Metro NYC-LI, From File Clerk to Global Director: Building a Career (And the Confidence) to Lead Information Governance

November 19 - ARMA Houston, How to Build a Software-Ready Retention Schedule

November 19 - ARMA Nebraska, Retention with Confidence: Aligning Policies with Compliance & Risk Management

November 19 - ARMA New Jersey, Is Your Company Drowning in Data and Still Flying Blind? 

November 19 - ARMA Southwest Ontario, Ready, Set, Scan: Part 2

November 20 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting - November

November 20 - Dataversity, RWDG Webinar: Advanced Techniques for Metadata-Driven Data Governance

November 20 - ARMA New England, The IG Practitioner’s Guide to Smarter Software Procurement

November 20 - ARMA Keystone PA, Unlocking Success: The Power of Soft Skills in Records and Information Management. Contact Susan Hadley at shadley@morrisjames.com for more information or to register.

November 20 - ARMA Jacksonville, Walking Tour of Jacksonville

November 20 - RIMPA Global, South Australian Information Management Community of Practice

November 21 - Jesse Wilkins, RIM/IG Playbook Office Hours

November 25 - RIMPA Global, Part 2 - Information & Records Management Sector Survey - An Industry Profile

November 26 - ARMA Houston, How to Build a Software-Ready Retention Schedule for EDRMS

December

December 1-4 - Perfect Policies, Drafting Policies for Maximum Buy-In

December 2 - Dataversity, DAS Webinar:  The Business Value of Data Modeling 

December 2-5, IAPP ANZ Summit 2025, Sydney, AUS

December 3 - ARMA Upstate New York, Responsible AI

December 3 - ILTA, 2025 IG Day

December 3 - IRMS Scotland Group, Records Management Symposium

December 4 - NAGARA, A Records Management Approach to Social Media Preservation and Normalization

December 9 - AIIM, WIIM Community Conversation - The Power of Program Management: Sustaining Value Beyond Delivery

December 9 - Dataversity, Data-Ed Webinar: Data Management Best Practices

December 9 - NAGARA, Digital Preservation in a Nutshell

December 10 - AI+IM Regional Forum, Washington, DC

December 10-11 - The AI Summit New York 2025, New York City, NY

December 11 - AIIM, SER, and Infocap.ai, Insight Series: Preparing for 2026: Emerging Trends in AI and Automation for Information Management

December 11 - Dataversity, AArch Webinar: AIOps – Applying DevOps to Competitive Advantage

December 11 - Contoural, How to Hire for Information Governance

December 11 - Digital Government Institute, Electronic Records Transfer Best Practices

December 11 - ILTA, Model Context Protocol Within Legal

December 17 - ARMA Nebraska, File Content Clean Up for Records Managers

December 18 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting - December

December 18 - Dataversity, RWDG Webinar: Building a Data Governance Culture from Top Leadership to Grassroots Adoption

January

January 13 - Twin Cities ARMA, The Intersection of eDiscovery, Records Management, and Data Privacy: How to Maneuver the Defensible Disposition Quandary

January 13 - AIIM, WIIM Community Conversation - Reclaiming the Code - Women in Tech and the Future of AI

January 28 - Dataversity, Enterprise Data Governance Online

If you're looking for a speaker, I may be 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 or email me at jwilkins13@gmail.com.

Upcoming Industry Meetings and Webinars, October 16, 2025 - January 31, 2026

Here are the industry events and webinars I'm aware of for October 20, 2025 - January 31, 2026. 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. 

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 jwilkins13@gmail.com. No charge to list your event or to access the list. 

Vendors, other associations, consultants, etc., your events 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. 

October

October 21 - ARMA Central Missouri, Unlikely Adventures in Learning and Leadership

October 21 - AIIM, BIPOC Community Conversation, ECM: Migration to Modernization 

October 21 - CDO Magazine, Intelligent Governance: Harnessing AI & Automation to Transform the CDO Toolkit

October 21 - ARMA Central Missouri, Unlikely Adventures in Learning and Leadership

October 22 - InfoGov Community Roundtables, No Budget? No Problem! Governance on a Shoestring

October 22 - ARMA Greater Washington DC Chapter, ARMA Federal Summit Planning

October 22 - Dataversity, AI Governance Conference

October 22 - IAPP and ServiceNow, Scaling trust: Building AI governance that drives strategy and value

October 22 - InfoGovANZ, MeetUp: Governing Generative AI - Latest Developments, Risks & Best Practices

October 22 - Dataversity, AI Governance Conference, virtual

October 22 - IAPP and ServiceNow, Scaling trust: Building AI governance that drives strategy and value

October 22-24 - VAGARA Annual Conference, Virginia Beach, VA

October 23 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting - October

October 23 - Digital Government Institute, Public Sector Digitization Best Practices

October 23 - Securiti AI, DataAI Security Summit, New York City, NY

October 23 - Dataversity, DAS Webinar: Best Practices in Metadata Management

October 24 - Epiq Global, RIM Playbook Office Hours

October 27-29 - RIMPA Global, Hackathon 2025

October 27-29 - InfoGov World, San Diego, CA

October 28 - Feith, RMU: Maintaining Excellence Through Change

October 28 - Today's General Counsel and KLDiscovery, AI and the Future of eDiscovery: Advances and Impacts for Legal Professionals and the Legal Industry

October 28 - ILTA, A Framework for Optimizing Your Tech Stack: ELM, DMS, CLM, eDiscovery, Compliance, Automated Workflow, and AI

October 28 - Dataversity, Trusted Data, Smarter Decisions – Arvest Bank’s Blueprint for Trusted Analytics in the Cloud

October 28-30 - RIMPA Global, RIMPA Live Convention 2025, Melbourne, AUS

October 28-31 - IAPP, Privacy. Security. Risk. 2025, San Diego, CA

October 29 - ARMA Houston, Convincing Senior Management to Elevate Records Management into Strategic Information Governance

October 29 - AIIM, AI+IM Regional Forum, Washington, DC

October 29 - WesternIM, IMCanadaConnect: What's the Difference between Data and Information? Who Cares?

October 29 - ILTA, Process Blueprint First: A Smarter Way to Build vs. Buy

October 30 - Iron Mountain, Evolving the Information Governance Role: Adapting to the age of AI

October 31 - NAGARA, 2025 Fall Online Forum: No Tricks, All Treats. BOOsting Advocacy for Archives

November

November 4 - Twin Cities ARMA, Fall Conference

November 4 - ILTA, Team IG: Balancing Data Movement and Disposition with Knowledge and AI Needs

November 4 - Zasio and Boise Valley ARMA, Virtual Coffee and Consulting: Securing High-Value Records in the Digital Age

November 5 - ARMA Orlando, Orange County History Center Tour

November 5 - ILTA, Keeping Your AI Assistant Updated and Effective

November 6 - AI+IM Regional Exchange, The Hague, Netherlands

November 6 - Digital Government Institute, AI Implementation Success Stories

November 6 - NAGARA, I Pelt You!? An Update on ISO Standards Related to Long-term Digital Preservation, including OAIS

November 10 - IAPP and HCLTech, AI governance and cybersecurity in the agentic era

November 11 - ARMA Northeast Ohio, Corporate Values: Fuel for IM Policy Compliance

November 11 - IAPP and HP, Invisible risk: Algorithms, implications and the new scope of personal data

November 11 - ARMA Chicago, Managing Outlook as a System of Records

November 11 - Dataversity, Data-Ed Webinar: Maximizing the Value of Your Data Warehouse – A Strategic Approach to Business Intelligence and Innovation

November 11 - IAPP and HP, Invisible risk: Algorithms, implications and the new scope of personal data

November 12 - Greater Chattanooga ARMA, The Emerging Privacy Litigation Landscape

November 12 - ILTACON Europe 2025, London, UK

November 12 - IAPP and Exterro, ROT to resilience: Building a defensible disposition program privacy teams trust

November 12 - InfoGovANZ, MeetUp: Governing Generative AI - Latest Developments, Risks & Best Practices

November 12 - ARMA Dallas, Securing the Human Element: Culture, Policy, and Trust

November 12 - ARMA Cascadia, Driving RM Compliance...when you have no stick and no carrot

November 12-13 - TWAIN Converge, Safety Harbor, FL

November 13 - IRMS, Legal Roundtable Discussion

November 13 - Digital Government Institute, Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Cybersecurity

November 13 - Dataversity, AArch Webinar: Designing a Data Platform for the Future – Principles, Patterns, and Best Practices for Data Fabrics and Data Meshes

November 13 - ILTA, Team IG - The Art of Influence - Diplomacy and Organizational Politics in IG - Part 3

November 13 - Contoural, The Great Debate: Can Microsoft 365 Be Your Records Repository?

November 13 - Leadership Through Data, Information Governance & Data Frameworks

November 13 - ILTA, Team IG - The Art of Influence - Diplomacy and Organizational Politics in IG - Part 3

November 14 - ARMA, Manufacturing Industry Group Quarterly Roundtable

November 16-21 Live!360, Orlando, FL

November 17-20 - OpenText World, Nashville, TN

November 17-20 - IAPP, Europe Data Protection Congress 2025, Brussels, BEL

November 17-21 - Microsoft Ignite, San Francisco, CA

November 18 - ARMA Golden State, The Dumpster Fire Diaries: Real Talk on Records Management Challenges

November 18 - ARMA Atlanta, Convincing Senior Management to Elevate Records Management into Strategic Information Governance

November 18 - AIIM, AI+IM Regional Forum, Toronto, ON

November 18 - ARMA, Legal Industry Group Coffee & Chat

November 18 - ILTA, Conditional Access: Enhancing Policies to Protect Clients

November 18 - Feith, RMU: Developing a Records Management Framework

November 18 - ARMA Mile High Denver, Case Study: How South Platte Renewal Elevated Their RIM/IG Program

November 18 - ARMA Michigan, Understanding the Legal Hold Process and Bridging the Gap Between Legal, IT and Info Governance - Part 2

November 18 - ILTA, Conditional Access: Enhancing Policies to Protect Clients Without Disruption

November 18 - ARMA Legal Industry Group November Coffee & Chat

November 19 - ARMA Metro Maryland, Government Data Of the People, By the People, For the People: Balancing Personal Privacy and the Public Good

November 19 - ARMA Metro NYC-LI, From File Clerk to Global Director: Building a Career (And the Confidence) to Lead Information Governance

November 19 - ARMA Houston, How to Build a Software-Ready Retention Schedule

November 19 - ARMA Nebraska, Retention with Confidence: Aligning Policies with Compliance & Risk Management

November 20 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting - November

November 20 - Dataversity, RWDG Webinar: Advanced Techniques for Metadata-Driven Data Governance

November 20 - ARMA New England, The IG Practitioner’s Guide to Smarter Software Procurement

November 20 - ARMA Jacksonville, Walking Tour of Jacksonville

November 20 - RIMPA Global, South Australian Information Management Community of Practice

November 25 - RIMPA Global, Part 2 - Information & Records Management Sector Survey - An Industry Profile

November 26 - ARMA Houston, How to Build a Software-Ready Retention Schedule for EDRMS

December

December 1-4 - Perfect Policies, Drafting Policies for Maximum Buy-in

December 2 - Dataversity, DAS Webinar:  The Business Value of Data Modeling 

December 2-5, IAPP ANZ Summit 2025, Sydney, AUS

December 3 - IRMS Scotland Group, Records Management Symposium

December 4 - NAGARA, A Records Management Approach to Social Media Preservation and Normalization

December 9 - ARMA Chicago, Holiday Event

December 9 - AIIM, WIIM Community Conversation - The Power of Program Management: Sustaining Value Beyond Delivery

December 9 - Dataversity, Data-Ed Webinar: Data Management Best Practices

December 10-11 - The AI Summit New York 2025, New York City, NY

December 11 - Dataversity, AArch Webinar: AIOps – Applying DevOps to Competitive Advantage

December 11 - Contoural, How to Hire for Information Governance

December 11 - Digital Government Institute, Electronic Records Transfer to NARA

December 11 - ARMA Keystone PA, Yards Brewing Co. Get-Together

December 18 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting - December

December 18 - Dataversity, RWDG Webinar: Building a Data Governance Culture from Top Leadership to Grassroots Adoption

January

January 13 - Twin Cities ARMA, The intersection of eDiscovery, Records Management, and Data Privacy: How to Maneuver the Defensible Disposition Quandary

If you're looking for a speaker, I may be 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 or email me at jwilkins13@gmail.com.

Upcoming Industry Meetings and Webinars, October 1 - December 31, 2025

Here are the industry events and webinars I'm aware of for October 1 - December 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. 

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 jwilkins13@gmail.com. No charge to list your event or to access the list. 

Vendors, other associations, consultants, etc., your events 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. 

October

October 1 - ARMA Boise Valley, Speaking the Language of InfoSec in IG 

October 1 - ARMA Baton Rouge/Lafayette, Certifications Panel

October 1 - IAPP and Collibra, Data foundations for AI success: How governance powers privacy and compliance

October 1 - IRMS Public Sector Group, Records Management and LGR Focus Group

October 2 - AIIM, SER Group, and Deep Analysis, Market Momentum Index: Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) Survey 2025

October 2 - NAGARA, Emergency Preparedness for Archivists and Records Managers

October 2 - ARMA Saskatchewan, Coffee Chat

October 2 - ILTA, Team IG: The Power of Collaboration Across Departments for IG Success

October 3 - IRMS North & Wales: in person event, Manchester

October 7 - RIMPA Global, Information & Records Management 2025 Sector Survey – An Industry Profile

October 7 - NAGARA, AI Tools for Improving Access and Discovery with Archival Collections

October 7 - Access, Making Retention Work: Real-World Strategies for Scalable IG

October 8 - ARMA Cascadia, Transitioning from Paper to Automated Workflows

October 8 - Greater Chattanooga ARMA, Data Privacy Programs: Know Thy Data, Then Take Action! 

October 8 - InfoGovANZ, MeetUp: AI in Practice: What Works, What Doesn't, and How to Use It Safely

October 8 - ILTA, Ask the Expert: Unlocking Innovation in Law: The Future of Professionals with Strategic AI Adoption

October 9 - ARMA Greater Seattle, All About CRM & CRA Certifications

October 9 - Digital Government Institute, FOIA Innovations and Best Practices

October 9 - Dataversity, AArch Webinar: From Pre-Trained to Fine-Tuned – How to Get the Most Out of Vector, RAG, and Small Language Models

October 9 - ILTA, Mastering the Document Lifecycle: From Creation to Disposition

October 13-17 - IRM UK and The Data Governance Institute, Data & AI Conference Europe 2025, London, UK

October 14 - ARMA Mile High Denver, Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: A Microsoft Purview Case Study

October 14 - ARMA Dallas, Fall Seminar: From Scary to Savvy: Tales of Terror & Triumph in RM

October 14 - ARMA Chicago, Information Coordinator Programs: Building And Sustaining an IC Network for IG Success

October 14 - Twin Cities ARMA, The Retooling of the RIM Professional

October 14 - ARMA Michigan, Under the Radar: Lesser-Known Microsoft 365 Applications Every IG Professional Should Know

October 14 - ARMA Northeast Ohio, Governance at the Edge of Innovation

October 14 - AIIM, Members Town Hall - AIIM's State of the Practice Research

October 14 - InfoGov World Magazine, Let's Talk Basics: Records Retention Before Turning On AI!

October 14 - Feith, RMU: Stepping Into the Digital Age

October 14 - ABBYY Ascend 2025.2

October 14 - Dataversity, Data-Ed Webinar: Data Strategy – Where Data Architecture and Data Governance Collide

October 14-16 - AIIM and Epiq Global, CIP Accelerated Virtual Prep Workshop

October 15 - Austin ARMA, Navigation Change: Understanding the Shift from ARMA’s Information Governance Implementation Model V 2.0 to V 2.1

October 15 - ARMA Southern California Inland Empire, Five Mistakes that Sabotage Your RIM Program & How to Avoid Them

October 15 - ARMA Nebraska, Records in Crisis: How Organizations Respond When IG Systems are Tested by Disaster, Disruption, or Scandal

October 15 - ARMA New Jersey, Networking Event

October 15 - ARMA Metro NYC-LI, Information Governance (IG) Features in M365

October 15 - Greater Kansas City ARMA, The ABCs of CEUs: Maintaining Professional Certifications

October 15 - ARMA, Financial Services Industry Group Roundtable

October 15 - IRMS Midlands, an Introduction

October 16 - ARMA Greater Columbus, Records Retention with 3rd Party Software Vendors - A Panel Discussion

October 16 - ARMA Oklahoma, Data Privacy Programs - Know Thy Data, Then Take Action!

October 16 - ARMA Keystone PA and Innovative Development, Legal Hold and E-Discovery for Utilities

October 16 - ARMA Utah, Rebuilding Your Record Series

October 16 - AIIM, AI+IM Regional Exchange, London, UK

October 16 - AIIM, Preparing Your Organization for GenAI: Policies, Governance, and Change Management

October 16 - IRMS and Leadership Through Data, A Practical Session on Managing Records in M365

October 16 - Dataversity, RWDG Webinar: The Role of Data Governance in Facilitating AI and Digital Transformation

October 16 - Contoural, How Long to Save Chats, Messages, Recordings, Prompts, Emails, and Other Odds and Ends

October 19-22 - ARMA InfoCon, Phoenix, AZ

October 20 - ILTA, Generative AI For Ourselves

October 21 - ARMA Central Missouri, Unlikely Adventures in Learning and Leadership

October 21 - AIIM, BIPOC Community Conversation, ECM: Migration to Modernization 

October 22 - InfoGovANZ, MeetUp: Governing Generative AI - Latest Developments, Risks & Best Practices

October 22 - Dataversity, AI Governance Conference, virtual

October 22 - IAPP and ServiceNow, Scaling trust: Building AI governance that drives strategy and value

October 22-24 - VAGARA Annual Conference, Virginia Beach, VA

October 23 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting - October

October 23 - Digital Government Institute, Public Sector Digitization Best Practices

October 23 - Securiti AI, DataAI Security Summit, New York City, NY

October 23 - Dataversity, DAS Webinar: Best Practices in Metadata Management

October 27-29 - RIMPA Global, Hackathon 2025

October 27-29 - InfoGov World, San Diego, CA

October 28 - Feith, RMU: Maintaining Excellence Through Change

October 28 - Dataversity, Trusted Data, Smarter Decisions – Arvest Bank’s Blueprint for Trusted Analytics in the Cloud

October 28-30 - RIMPA Global, RIMPA Live Convention 2025, Melbourne, AUS

October 28-31 - IAPP, Privacy. Security. Risk. 2025, San Diego, CA

October 29 - ARMA Houston, Convincing Senior Management to Elevate Records Management into Strategic Information Governance

October 29 - AIIM, AI+IM Regional Forum, Washington, DC

October 29 - ILTA, Process Blueprint First: A Smarter Way to Build vs. Buy

October 30 - Iron Mountain, Evolving the Information Governance Role: Adapting to the age of AI

October 31 - NAGARA, 2025 Fall Online Forum: No Tricks, All Treats. BOOsting Advocacy for Archives

November

November 4 - Twin Cities ARMA, Fall Conference

November 4 - ILTA, Team IG: Balancing Data Movement and Disposition with Knowledge and AI Needs

November 4 - Zasio and Boise Valley ARMA, Virtual Coffee and Consulting: Securing High-Value Records in the Digital Age

November 6 - AI+IM Regional Exchange, The Hague, Netherlands

November 6 - Digital Government Institute, AI Implementation Success Stories

November 6 - NAGARA, I Pelt You!? An Update on ISO Standards Related to Long-term Digital Preservation, including OAIS

November 11 - ARMA Chicago, Managing Outlook as a System of Records

November 11 - Dataversity, Data-Ed Webinar: Maximizing the Value of Your Data Warehouse – A Strategic Approach to Business Intelligence and Innovation

November 11 - IAPP and HP, Invisible risk: Algorithms, implications and the new scope of personal data

November 12 - Greater Chattanooga ARMA, The Emerging Privacy Litigation Landscape

November 12 - ILTACON Europe 2025, London, UK

November 12 - IAPP and Exterro, ROT to resilience: Building a defensible disposition program privacy teams trust

November 12-13 - TWAIN Converge, Safety Harbor, FL

November 13 - IRMS, Legal Roundtable Discussion

November 13 - Digital Government Institute, Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Cybersecurity

November 13 - Dataversity, AArch Webinar: Designing a Data Platform for the Future – Principles, Patterns, and Best Practices for Data Fabrics and Data Meshes

November 13 - ILTA, Team IG - The Art of Influence - Diplomacy and Organizational Politics in IG - Part 3

November 13 - Contoural, The Great Debate: Can Microsoft 365 Be Your Records Repository?

November 13 - Leadership Through Data, Information Governance & Data Frameworks

November 14 - ARMA, Manufacturing Industry Group Quarterly Roundtable

November 17-20 - OpenText World, Nashville, TN

November 17-20 - IAPP, Europe Data Protection Congress 2025, Brussels, BEL

November 17-21 - Microsoft Ignite, San Francisco, CA

November 18 - ARMA Golden State, The Dumpster Fire Diaries: Real Talk on Records Management Challenges

November 18 - AIIM, AI+IM Regional Forum, Toronto, ON

November 18 - ARMA, Legal Industry Group Coffee & Chat

November 18 - ILTA, Conditional Access: Enhancing Policies to Protect Clients

November 18 - Feith, RMU: Developing a Records Management Framework

November 19 - ARMA Nebraska, Retention with Confidence: Aligning Policies with Compliance & Risk Management

November 20 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting - November

November 20 - Dataversity, RWDG Webinar: Advanced Techniques for Metadata-Driven Data Governance

November 26 - ARMA Houston, How to Build a Software-Ready Retention Schedule for EDRMS

December

December 1-4 - Perfect Policies, Drafting Policies for Maximum Buy-in

December 2 - Dataversity, DAS Webinar:  The Business Value of Data Modeling 

December 2-5, IAPP ANZ Summit 2025, Sydney, AUS

December 3 - IRMS Scotland Group, Records Management Symposium

December 4 - NAGARA, A Records Management Approach to Social Media Preservation and Normalization

December 9 - ARMA Chicago, Holiday Event

December 9 - AIIM, WIIM Community Conversation - The Power of Program Management: Sustaining Value Beyond Delivery

December 9 - Dataversity, Data-Ed Webinar: Data Management Best Practices

December 11 - Dataversity, AArch Webinar: AIOps – Applying DevOps to Competitive Advantage

December 11 - Contoural, How to Hire for Information Governance

December 11 - Digital Government Institute, Electronic Records Transfer to NARA

December 18 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting - December

December 18 - Dataversity, RWDG Webinar: Building a Data Governance Culture from Top Leadership to Grassroots Adoption

If you're looking for a speaker, I may be 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 or email me at jwilkins13@gmail.com.