
2025 Programme

Key
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Microsoft 365 and SharePoint
Professional Development and Practical Skills
Knowledge Management and Data Governance
Services
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14:45 - 18:00
Registration Opens
17:00 - 18:00
Hotel Check-in
08:50 - 09:00
Welcome address from the IRMS Chair
09:00 - 09:30
Keynote: A Path to Progress: Navigating ICO’s Data Strategy and Data Governance Journey
10:00 - 10:30
Information Market & Networking
10:30 - 11:00
Keynote: It is Not Always Blinding Obvious Why Records Management Matters
11:10 - 11:50
Can you Learn to Love AI: From Scepticism to Adoption
From Pilot Basecamp to Scaling the Peaks: Scaling up SharePoint at Historic England
Fighting the Good Fight: Sneaky (Rather than Peaky) Information Management
Data Sovereignty and Cross-Border Information Management in a Globalized World
11:50 - 12:20
Information Market & Networking
12:20 - 13:00
Shaping Tomorrow’s Digital Landscape: The BCS Approach to AI Ethics
Crossing the Streams: Integrating Information and Data Management and Governance
From Chance to Choice: Empowering Newcomers in Information and Records Management
Winning the Email Retention Argument
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 14:50
Applying AI for Records Management Purposes: Choices and Approaches
The Peaky Path to Successful Information Governance
Crisis Communications and Records Management: Preparing for the Unexpected
Moving Mountains: Tackling the Digital Heap
14:50 - 15:20
Information Market & Networking
15:20 - 15:50
Is AI the New GDPR?: Making IRM a Priority for Organisations
Securing & maintaining long-term SharePoint records in the AI era
Covert KIM! The Mission to Implement Behind-the-Scenes Information Governance in Microsoft 365
Persuading the Unpersuadable – Promoting the ‘Value’ of Information Compliance
16:00 - 16:30
AI for Record Appraisal
Intelligent, Automated & Embedded Preservation
Rise of the Specialist
Unlocking Barriers to Data Sharing
16:30 - 17:00
Information Market and Meet the Experts
09:00 - 09:10
Welcome address from the IRMS Vice-Chair
09:10 - 09:40
Keynote: The Role of Governance and Compliance in Unlocking the Full Potential of Data in Clinical Trials
09:40 - 10:10
Information Market & Networking
10:10 - 10:40
Emails in Context
North West Ambulance Service: Adopting and Adapting to Microsoft 365
Securing an Interview: The Peaky Path to Success
Defining Document Management Requirements in Mining and Metals Project Business
10:50 - 11:20
Keynote: Automate Data Classification with Artificial Intelligence in Google Workspace
11:20 - 11:50
Information Market & Networking
11:50 - 12:30
Operationalizing Practical Machine Learning
The Latest Innovations and What to Expect for the Future in Data Governance, Information and Records Management
Reinventing Resilience
Delegation Through Collaboration: Information Governance in the NHS Commissioning Landscape
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 14:00
AI Under Scrutiny – Road Safety Cameras
How Microsoft Purview paves the way to Copilot
The Future of Records Management
Democratic Data Governance
14:00 - 14:30
Information Market and Meet the Speakers
14:30 - 15:20
Data Minimisation – Can it Save the Planet?
The Critical Triad: Cyber Security, Data Security, and Data Compliance in the Digital Age
From Digitising Defendants to Preserving Peakies, One Records Manager’s Journey into Heritage
‘Show your Working’: Managing Drafts for Legal and Best Practice
15:30 - 16:20
Closing Keynote: Protecting Your Sensitive Data with Microsoft Purview: Practical Information Protection and DLP Strategies
16:20 - 16:30
2025 Event Close