The Peaky Path to Progress 2025 Overview

The Peaky Path to Progress:
Innovate, Govern, and Sustain through Data, Information, and Records Management

In a world where information is power, managing data effectively is a battle worth fighting. This year’s conference focuses on tackling the challenges of records management, information governance, and data stewardship, emphasising compliance, quality governance, and positive environmental and societal impact.

Our busy programme is headlined by a set of thought-provoking keynotes from leading speakers across the public and private sectors. It also features a variety of presentations, case studies, discussions and workshops from practitioners, as well as the latest insights from vendors of products and services in various aspects of information and records management.

Our five key strands offer a comprehensive exploration of current trends and practical solutions:

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI):
    Delve into the latest AI applications, challenges, and real-life examples in records management. Learn practical tips for leveraging AI to clean and extract value from data, and stay updated on the evolving landscape of AI regulations and ethical considerations.
  • Microsoft 365 (M365), SharePoint, and G-Suite:
    Discover practical use cases and strategies for implementing records management functionalities within M365 and Google tools. Explore Microsoft Information Protection and Purview, governance, retention, and lifecycle management, as well as the integration of AI with these platforms.
  • Sustainability and Environmental Impact:
    Understand the role of information management in digital decarbonisation and achieving net-zero emissions. Sessions will cover sustainable practices, Green House Gas policy, and the environmental impact of information management.
  • Knowledge Management and Data Governance:
    Gain insights into knowledge management, taxonomies, ontologies, and the intricacies of data governance, architecture, lineage, and lakes. Learn how to integrate information and data management practices and navigate cultural changes in data governance.
  • Professional Development and Practical Skills:
    Enhance your professional growth with sessions on practical solutions used by organizations, mental health, imposter syndrome, and career paths. Participate in workshops on popular tools, such as managing SharePoint sites and applying retention labels, and build advocacy, confidence, and motivation to promote records management to senior executives.

Join us in fighting the good fight for compliance, quality governance, and a sustainable future. Together, we can forge a path to progress through effective data, information, and records management.

All of the above, blended with our renowned social events and networking opportunities in a uniquely friendly and inclusive atmosphere, makes the IRMS Conference the premier event in the information management calendar – as the following feedback from our last conference shows:

“The IRMS Conference is THE event of the year for inspiration, development, learning and to meet and socialise with others”

“Great networking opportunities, conversations with industry colleagues, and sessions that motivated, reassured, and gave us great ideas for implementation.”

“I was genuinely inspired by the individuals who spoke at the IRMS Conference. I feel like it was a year’s worth of professional development in 2 days!”

“IRMS never disappoints, every year it gets better and better!”

Watch the conference highlights from 2023