February 1, 2026

Upcoming Industry Meetings and Events - February 1 - April 30, 2026

Here are the industry events and webinars I'm aware of for February 1 - 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. 

February

February 3 - ARMA Toronto, Approaching SharePoint with a Records Perspective

February 3 - AIIM, AI+IM Regional Exchange - Johannesburg

February 3 - Dataversity, How to Implement AI Governance: Lessons from Enterprise Leaders

February 3 - ILTA, Beyond Consumer-Grade: Implementing Defensible File Sharing

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 - Access, Retention with Confidence: Building Policies that Stand Up to Risk, Regulation & Reality

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 9 - IRMS Midlands Group, SAR Trek - the Reasonable and Proportionate Search

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 - ARMA Toronto, Planning, Implementing, and Governing Records Management in SharePoint

February 10 - ARMA Madison, Under the Radar: Lesser-Known Microsoft 365 Applications Every IG Professional Should Know

February 10 - ARMA Northeast Ohio, From Records to Governance: A Record Manager’s Guide to AI

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 11 - ARMA Greater Kansas City, Mixing Your IG Mission and Message for the Crowd, OR How To Get Your Vocals Heard Across the Roar! Hybrid meeting - to RSVP, click here  for online and here for in-person

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 17 - ARMA, Legal Industry Group, Contracting for AI

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 - ARMA Iowa, Risky Business: Information Governance Risk Assessment Framework

February 19 - Dataversity, Leading Data: Voices from the Frontlines of Governance

February 19 - ILTA, Data Governance for AI Strategy

February 19 - IAPP, Personal data as dual-use technology: Privacy professionals face new export controls

February 19 - IRMS, Managing Employee SARs in a Time of Restructuring and Redundancy

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 25 - WesternIM, IMCanadaConnect, Policy Matters

February 26 - ARMA Golden State, The Invisible Agreement: Emotional Intelligence and the Power of Psychological Contracts

February 26 - ARMA Greater Los Angeles, How to Level Up as a RIM/IG Professional

February 26 - RIMPA Global, South Australia Information Management Community of Practice

February 26 - ILTA, Information Governance Monthly Meeting

February 26 - Access, Responsible AI in Regulated Environments: How to Innovate Without Losing Control

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 4 - ARMA Michigan, Generative AI Court Cases, Laws & Practical Implications for Information Governance

March 4 - IAPP and Captain Compliance, Avoiding privacy lawsuits in 2026: Lessons from real claims and settlements

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 9-11 - Gartner Data & Analytics Summit, Orlando, FL

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 11 - AIIM and Microsoft, Securing AI Without the Hype: AI Governance Exists, But It Rarely Shapes Real Decisions

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

March 12 - Dataversity, The Data Product Revolution: Unlocking Business Value

March 12 - BigID, AI Governance Leadership Forum

March 16-19 - Perfect Policies, Drafting Policies for Maximum Buy-In

March 17 - RIMPA Global, Leveraging AI Tools: Insights for IG and R&IM Professionals

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 - ARMA Toronto, Virtual Social: Artificial Intelligence and Records Management

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 21-23 - Microsoft 365 Community Conference, Orlando, FL

April 23 - Digital Government Institute, Zero Trust in Practice: Lessons from Public-Private Frontlines

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.