Here are the industry events and webinars I'm aware of for January 1 - 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.
January
January 6 - Dataversity, Cutting Through the Noise: What AI Governance Leaders Really Need to Know
January 7 - ARMA Northern Virginia, AI Education for RIM Professionals
January 7 - Dataversity, WDMG Webinar: Meet Shree Periakaruppan
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 - ARMA Chicago, A Session with Sue Trombley
January 13 - ARMA Northeast Ohio, Rise of the Machines: The Growing Role of Artificial Intelligence in Discovery
January 13 - Greater Chattanooga ARMA, Embracing Change: Confidence is Around the Corner
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 Cascadia, Lessons Learned
January 14 - ARMA Michigan, Practical Approaches for Managing Unstructured Data in M&A
January 14 - ARMA Boise, Avast Matey! Creating a Data Map You Will Treasure
January 14 - ARMA Metro Maryland, Digitization and the Impacts of AI
January 14 - Orange County ARMA, Creating a Modern Compliant and Easier to Execute Records Retention Policy
January 14 - Greater Kansas City ARMA, It Didn’t Have to Be This Complicated: Leveraging User Experience to Improve Outcomes. There are separate links for in-person or virtual registrations; contact Alethea.Thomas@bluekc.com for the right one to use.
January 14 - ILTA, Microsoft, and Epiq, Ask the Expert: How to Understand Your Data with Purview and M365 - Webinar 3/6
January 15 - ARMA Oklahoma, Professional Development for the Information Professional
January 15 - ARMA Iowa Spark, Beyond Backup: Making Records Last
January 15 - ARMA Northern Virginia, Leveraging AI for RIM Professionals
January 15 - IAPP and OneTrust, From compliance to impact: Embedding privacy across the tech lifecycle
January 15 - Contoural, Expand and Modernize Your Records Program Without Adding Staff
January 15 - Access, Playing the RIM Socialization Game: How to Build a Culture of Information Awareness
January 15 - Dataversity, The Future of Data Governance: Trends to Watch in 2026
January 16 - Jesse Wilkins, RM/IG Playbook Office Hours
January 16 - IAPP, EU digital law and policy: Mapping the emergent landscape
January 20 - ARMA Central Missouri, Plain O.L.D. Logic
January 20 - ARMA, Legal Industry Group Coffee & Chat
January 20 - IAPP and aosphere, Key trends, developments, and practices for 2026
January 21 - ARMA Nebraska, Records & Data for the Register of Nebraska Historic Places
January 21 - ARMA Madison, Convincing Senior Management to Elevate Records Management into Strategic IG
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 22 - ARMA Keystone PA Chapter, Selling IG by Monday Morning
January 22 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting
January 26 - IAPP, EU digital law and privacy: Mapping the emergent landscape
January 27 - ARMA Florida Gulf Coast, Data Governance & Records Management: One Coin, Two Sides
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 - ARMA New Jersey, The IG Practitioner's Guide to Smarter Software Procurement
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 3 - AIIM, AI+IM Regional Exchange - Johannesburg
February 3 - Dataversity, How to Implement AI Governance: Lessons from Enterprise Leaders
February 3 - IAPP and BRG, Building digital trust with confidence by design
February 4 - ILTA, Microsoft, and Epiq: Ask the Expert: Moderated Purview Roundtable #1 - Peer Firm Deployment Strategies - Webinar 4/6
February 4 - ILTA, Technical Competency in the Age of AI & eDiscovery
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 - Greater Chattanooga ARMA, Navigating and Influencing Change using Emotional Intelligence: The Journey of an Introvert
February 10 - NAGARA, Data Disposition: How RIM Created Order Out of Chaos
February 10 - Dataversity, Architecting for the Future: Designing AI-Ready Data Ecosystems
February 11 - ARMA Michigan, Leadership and Advocacy for Records Professionals: What is Your Development Plan for Your Emerging Professionals?
February 12 - ARMA Cascadia, Case Study: Network Drive Clean-Up Project
February 12 - Dataversity, What Does Information Management Maturity Look Like in 2026?
February 12 - Contoural, Creating a Modern, Compliant, and Easier-to-Execute Records Retention Schedule
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 - ARMA New England, DEI in Information Governance
February 19 - Dataversity, Leading Data: Voices from the Frontlines of Governance
February 19-20 - ARMA Southeast Sunshine Conference, Lake Buena Vista South
February 20 - ARMA, Manufacturing Industry Group Quarterly Roundtable
February 20 - Jesse Wilkins, RM/IG Playbook Office Hours
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 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting
February 26-27 - ARMA, Public Sector InfoGov Summit 2026, Washington, DC
March
March 3 - ARMA Metro NYC-LI, CONFIRM.NYC 2026
March 3 - Dataversity, AI Governance vs. Data Governance: Strategic Alignment Without Redundancy
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 10 - ARMA Chicago, Spring Seminar
March 10 - Dataversity, Data Modeling Mastery: Structuring Data for AI and Analytics
March 12 - Dataversity, The Data Product Revolution: Unlocking Business Value
March 16-19 - Perfect Policies, Drafting Policies for Maximum Buy-In
March 18 - ARMA Nebraska, AI Governance - An Actionable How-to Guide
March 18 - ILTA, Microsoft, and Epiq: Ask the Expert: Advanced Deployment and Lessons Learned - Webinar 6/6
March 19 - ARMA New England, Records Management for Regulated Financial Entities/Institutions (Banks)
March 19 - Digital Government Institute, 23rd Annual E-Discovery and Information Management Conference, Washington, DC
March 19 - Dataversity, From Theory to Impact: Making Governance Work in the Real World
March 20 - Jesse Wilkins, RM/IG Playbook Office Hours
March 26 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting
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.
