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

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