January 19, 2026

Upcoming Industry Meetings and Events - January 20 - April 30, 2026 - 100 events

Here are the industry events and webinars I'm aware of for January 20 - April 30, 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 20 - ARMA Central Missouri, Plain O.L.D. Logic

January 20 - ARMA Orlando, Now That We Have a Records Policy and Schedule, How the Heck Do We Implement It?

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 Greater Washington DC, Roundtable Discussion

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 23 - ILTA, Mind the Gap: Bridging Generations in LegalTech

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 - ILTA, Team IG: Beyond Guesswork - An Approach to Data Risk Quantification

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 9 - ILTA, User Expectations of Search in a GenAI World

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 - ILTA, Balancing Security and Efficiency in Matter Mobility

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 17 - AIIM, AIIM Member Community Conversation - Digital Transformation and AI Implementation

February 17 - ARMA Dallas, Tour, National Medal of Honor Museum

February 18 - ARMA Nebraska, AI & E-Discovery

February 18 - ILTA, Generative AI & the Adversary

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 - ILTA, Data Governance for AI Strategy

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 - ILTA, Rethinking Retention with Practical Matter Lifecycle Strategies

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 24 - ILTA, Team IG: IG Alignment with Firm Strategy - Tying Initiatives

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 - AIIM, WIIM Community Conversation - Pitch Like a Pro - Master Your 30 Second Story

March 10 - Dataversity, Data Modeling Mastery: Structuring Data for AI and Analytics

March 12 - Contoural, Using M365 to create a Personal Data Inventory

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 - InfoGovANZ, Governing AI in Australia: Laws, Standards and Information Governance Obligations

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 23-27 - Data Governance Institute, Data Governance, AI Governance & Master Data Management Conference Europe, London, UK

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

April

April 7 - Dataversity, Human Oversight in AI: Designing Accountability for High-Stakes Decisions

April 9 - Dataversity, Building Effective RAG Applications

April 9 - Digital Government Institute, CUI Marking, Metadata & Lifecycle Management

April 14 - ARMA Houston, 2026 Spring Conference

April 14 - Dataversity, Data Stewards: Conquering Data Debt in the Age of AI

April 16 - ARMA Golden State, Retention Rules! Celebrating Records Management Month with Purpose

April 16 - Dataversity, Mastering Metadata: Strategies for Sustainable Governance

April 17 - Jesse Wilkins, RIG Playbook Office Hours

April 19-22 - ARMA InfoNEXT, Phoenix, AZ

April 23 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting

April 27-30 - AI+IM Global Summit 2026, Baltimore, MD 

April 27-30 - Laserfiche Empower, Las Vegas, NV

April 30 - May 2 - ILTA Evolve 2026, Denver, CO

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.

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