Informata: Upcoming Industry Meetings and Webinars, January 1

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