July 15, 2025

Upcoming Industry Meetings and Webinars, July 16 - October 31, 2025

Here are the industry events and webinars I'm aware of for July 16 - October 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. 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, 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. 

July

July 16 - InfoGov Community Roundtables, Ethics and Data/Records/Information Governance: Remember the Human Impacts

July 16 - AIIM, Preservica, and Infocap.ai, Accelerating Document Automation: How IDP is Revolutionizing Information-Intensive Industries

July 16 - InfoGovANZ, MeetUp: AI-Generated Meeting Transcripts - Benefits, Challenges & Best Practices

July 16 - ARMA, Financial Services Industry Group Coffee & Chat (members only)

July 17 - Meru Data, Best Practices and Tips: Conducting PIA/DPIA

July 17 - RIMPA Global, Brisbane | Roadshow

July 17 - Dataversity, Aligning Data Governance with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

July 17 - Section, AI Readiness Summit

July 17 - ILTA, The AI Policy Paradox: Cutting Through the Hype to Confront the Risk

July 18 - ARMA Vancouver Island, In the Same Boat: Sharing Information Governance Expertise

July 21 - ILTA, The Implications of Agentic AI for Corporate Legal Departments

July 22 - AIIM True North, How to Reduce Bias in Machine Learning Models: Strategies for Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency to Improve Business (members only)

July 22 - ILTA, Modern Legal Workflows: Built for People, Powered by AI

July 22 - ILTA, Agentic AI in Action: Document Review Strategies, Successes and Lessons

July 22 - ILTA, The 5 Most Important Things to Know about Microsoft 365 Copilot for Legal

July 23 - ARMA Upstate New York, Tour of Gaylord Archival

July 23 - IRMS, Records Management Basics

July 23 - IAPP and OneTrust, Agentic AI: Navigating the tension between privacy and the next generation of AI (members only)

July 24 - RIMPA Global, Adelaide | Roadshow

July 24 - Dataversity and Global Data Strategy, Data Architecture vs. Enterprise Architecture

July 24 - Contoural, M365 School Series Part 2: Records Retention in Microsoft 365

July 24 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting - July

July 24-25, ARMA California Summer Conference, Irvine, CA

July 25 - ILTA, Copilot Secrets Everyone Should Know

July 28-30 - NIRMA, 49th Annual Nuclear Information Management Symposium, St. Augustine, FL

July 30 - InfoGovANZ, MeetUp: Exploring Generative AI - Latest Developments - Use, Risks, & Best Practices

July 31 - RIMPA Global, Perth | Roadshow

July 31 - Digital Government institute, 930Gov 2025, Washington, DC

August

August 5 - InfoGov World Magazine, Information Governance Challenges with Modern and Evolving Data Sources

August 7 - Contoural, M365 School Series Part 3: e-Discovery

August 7 - NAGARA, Five Mistakes that Sabotage Your RIM Program & How to Avoid Them

August 8 - ARMA, Manufacturing Industry Group - Quarterly Roundtable (members only)

August 10-14 - ILTA, ILTACON 2025, National Harbor, MD

August 11-13 - Ai4 2025, Las Vegas, NV

August 12 - AIIM+, Emergence of Artificial Intelligence: What's Next for Records and IM Professionals? (members only)

August 13 - InfoGovANZ, MeetUp: AI Valley - The Origins and Ambitions of Generative AI

August 13-14 - RIMPA Global, Darwin | Symposium

August 14 - RIMPA Global, Classify, Consolidate and Govern for Smarter AI

August 18-20 - ISACA and IIA, GRC 2025, New York City, NY

August 21 - Zasio, Buckets, Benefits, and Boundaries: HR Records in a Growing Privacy Climate

August 27-29 - ARA UK & Ireland, Annual Conference, Bristol, UK

August 28 - Contoural, M365 School Part 4: How are Companies really using M365

August 28 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting - August

September

September 2 - RIMPA Global, Managing the Information Security Risks of Procurement in WA Government

September 4 - NAGARA, Not Just a Plan, It's a Culture for Success - Succession Planning for the 21st Century

September 9 - AIIM, WIIM Community Conversation, Relational Power: How We Rise, Relate, and Reshape Work 

September 10 - ARMA Edmonton, Records Management 101

September 11-12 - Boxworks, San Francisco, CA

September 15-17 - Georgia Records Association, GRA 2025 Annual Conference, Peachtree City, GA

September 15-17 - IRM UK, Business Analysis Conference Europe 2025, London, UK

September 16 - AIIM, Member Book Club: "Blooming Good Information Management" (members only)

September 16 - Twin Cities ARMA, AI 2.0

September 16-19 - IAPP, AI Governance Global North America 2025, Boston, MA

September 17 - IRMS, What Does Good Records Management Look Like? 

September 17-18 - The AI Conference 2025, San Francisco, CA

September 18 - ARMA Michigan, Member & Friends Appreciation Event

September 18 - ILTA and LegalRM, Team IG: Mastering information governance: Strategies for integrating IG in modern law firms

September 25 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting - September

September 29 - ARMA New England, Empower! 

September 29-30 - Generative AI World 2025, Boston, MA

September 30 - AIIM True North, Evolving Your Approach to Consider AI Implementation Risks (members only)

September 30 - RIMPA Global, Data Processes and Data Cultures

September 30 - Constellation Research, AI Forum September 2025, Arlington, VA

October

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

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

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

October 13-16 - IRM UK, Data & AI Conference Europe 2025, London, UK

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

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

October 19-22 - ARMA InfoCon, Phoenix, AZ

October 21 - AIIM, BIPOC Community Conversation, ECM: Migration to Modernization (members only)

October 23 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting - October

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

October 27-28 - RIMPA Global, Hackathon 2025

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

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

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

October 29 - AIIM, AI+IM Regional Forum, 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.

July 9, 2025

ICRM Opens Call for Nominations for 2026 Board of Regents

The Institute for Certified Records Managers (ICRM) has announced it is seeking nominations to serve on the ICRM Board of Regents. Active CRMs (not CRAs) are eligible to serve. Nominations are being accepted for the following positions: 

  • President-Elect/Treasurer (2026 - 2028)
  • Regent, Exam Administration and Member Relations (2026 - 2027)
  • Regent, Legislation and Appeals (2026 - 2027)
You can self nominate by going to https://www.icrm.org/board-application and logging in. All application materials are due no later than July 21, 2025. For more information, contact Melissa Dederer, Chair of the ICRM Board of Regents, at admin@icrm.org.


July 2, 2025

Career Update: I've Joined Epiq Global

I thought I'd already written this, but apparently not! In June, I made the decision to join Epiq Global.

Who is Epiq Global?

Epiq is a large, multinational professional services firm with more than 6,000 employees worldwide. They are very well-known in the legal industry and have deep expertise in law firm administration and support services. 

They also offer a variety of business services in the areas of administration, document processing, marketing, hospitality, digital mailroom, and records & information governance, among others, via their Global Business Transformation Services division. This is the division I joined as a Senior Consultant, Records & Information Governance. While I haven't even been there a month, I will say that everyone I have met has been uniformly welcoming, amazingly smart, and passionate about the work they do for Epiq and ultimately their clients. 

While Epiq is more recognized in the legal industry, they also do work for 76 of the Fortune 100, and regularly provide business support services to organizations of all types and sizes. You can find out more about their service offerings at https://www.epiqglobal.com/en-us/services. I'd be happy to have, or facilitate, conversations about how Epiq can contribute to improving your organization's operational excellence. 

What About The IG/RIM Industry? 

At the same time, I'll still be contributing to and supporting the broader records & IG industry, doing things like: 

  • Publishing my semi-monthly IG/RM/DM/AI-related events listings
  • Speaking at local chapters
  • Speaking at industry conferences
  • Doing other presentations on behalf of Epiq
  • Cohosting the IG Community Roundtables with Steve Weissman of Holly Group and Donda Young of Helias Consulting
  • Volunteering with ARMA Mile High Denver Chapter, AIIM International, and ARMA International
  • Etc. 
I'll just generally be doing these things under the Epiq brand - or my own name for some of the more esoteric stuff like the events listing. And you'll probably see me at more legal industry events like ILTACon and Legal Week.  

What's the Future of Athro Consulting? 

The short answer is, I don't know yet. When I join an organization, like Epiq, I firmly believe that I owe them my undivided time, attention, and loyalty. And anyone who knows my career knows that I am *not* a job hopper. But you never know what the future holds.  

So what this means is that Athro will be going dormant for the foreseeable future. I'll still pay the taxes and file the annual report, but anything I do work-wise will be going through Epiq. 

Again, I'm very excited by this change and for the opportunity to join such a large and well-respected firm.