NEW: REGISTER FOR THIS IN-PERSON EVENT!
DOOR PRIZES donated by Annex: 2 tickets for the ARMA California Summer Conference in Irvine on July 25-26 (value $129 each)
When: Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Time: 11:30am - 1:00pm
Location: Airport Authority Administration Building, 2417 McCain Road, San Diego, CA 92101
Fee: FREE
Registration Required: Please register below by Tuesday, May 12th
Program:
11:30am - 12pm - Networking, FREE Lunch - sponsored by Annex
12pm - 12:15pm - Meet Aaron Ryssemus, CEO of Annex, Business Partner of the ARMA San Diego Chapter
Key Takeaways:
Thank you to Annex and Corodata for sponsoring the ARMA San Diego Chapter!
Save the dates for our next in person events:
Registration is now open for: Thursday 6/25 and Friday 6/26: ARMA California Summer Conference, Irvine, CA
DOOR PRIZES donated by Annex: 2 tickets for the ARMA California Summer Conference in Irvine on July 25-26 (value $129 each)
When: Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Time: 11:30am - 1:00pm
Location: Airport Authority Administration Building, 2417 McCain Road, San Diego, CA 92101
Fee: FREE
Registration Required: Please register below by Tuesday, May 12th
Program:
11:30am - 12pm - Networking, FREE Lunch - sponsored by Annex
12pm - 12:15pm - Meet Aaron Ryssemus, CEO of Annex, Business Partner of the ARMA San Diego Chapter
- As a corporate sponsor of our chapter, Annex continues to bring forward innovative thinking in records and information management. In his opening remarks, Aaron will share perspectives on how organizations can gain greater visibility, control, and efficiency in managing physical records through modern, marketplace-driven approaches that reduce friction and improve decision-making.
- Steve Golden, CRM, is the founder of fraction-ally and a 30-year veteran of Information Governance and Records Management. A former Director of IG at Sony Pictures Entertainment, he has delivered measurable results across healthcare, financial services, and entertainment — and has spoken at more than 100 industry events worldwide.
- Retention schedules built for file cabinets and shared drives are breaking down under the weight of Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Slack, Teams, SharePoint, and a dozen other collaboration platforms. Records now live everywhere—and retention enforcement is harder than ever.
Key Takeaways:
- Platform-by-platform governance considerations (M365, Google Workspace, Slack, etc.)
- How to classify records in unstructured collaboration environments
- Enforcing retention when IT, legal, and records management don’t agree
- The policy and governance changes required to make retention defensible across a fragmented platform landscape
Thank you to Annex and Corodata for sponsoring the ARMA San Diego Chapter!
Save the dates for our next in person events:
Registration is now open for: Thursday 6/25 and Friday 6/26: ARMA California Summer Conference, Irvine, CA
NEW: REGISTER FOR THIS IN-PERSON EVENT!
When: Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Time: 11:30am - 1:00pm
Location: Airport Authority Administration Building, 2417 McCain Road, San Diego, CA 92101
Fee: FREE
Registration Required: Please register below by Monday, February 9th
Program:
11:30am - 12pm - Networking, FREE Lunch
12pm - 1pm:
Join us for an engaging discussion with Matthew Krengel, Esq.
Title: Defensible Disposition, Decoded: Turn Deletion Into a Strategic Advantage
In a world of exploding data and AI-driven workflows, keeping everything is the riskiest choice. Join this interactive session to learn how Legal, Privacy, IT, and the business can align to make timely, auditable deletion decisions—without sacrificing ethics or agility. We’ll unpack simple, practical steps to reconcile legal holds with retention schedules, use automation and AI responsibly, and prove compliance to regulators, auditors, and courts. Walk away with a clear blueprint, real-world controls, and metrics that show measurable risk reduction.
Presenter: Matthew Krengel, Esq.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
The ARMA San Diego Chapter Executive Board
Save the dates for our next in person events:
Wednesday, May 13 - Program, San Diego, CA
Thursday 6/25 and Friday 6/26: ARMA California Summer Conference, Irvine, CA
When: Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Time: 11:30am - 1:00pm
Location: Airport Authority Administration Building, 2417 McCain Road, San Diego, CA 92101
Fee: FREE
Registration Required: Please register below by Monday, February 9th
Program:
11:30am - 12pm - Networking, FREE Lunch
12pm - 1pm:
Join us for an engaging discussion with Matthew Krengel, Esq.
Title: Defensible Disposition, Decoded: Turn Deletion Into a Strategic Advantage
In a world of exploding data and AI-driven workflows, keeping everything is the riskiest choice. Join this interactive session to learn how Legal, Privacy, IT, and the business can align to make timely, auditable deletion decisions—without sacrificing ethics or agility. We’ll unpack simple, practical steps to reconcile legal holds with retention schedules, use automation and AI responsibly, and prove compliance to regulators, auditors, and courts. Walk away with a clear blueprint, real-world controls, and metrics that show measurable risk reduction.
Presenter: Matthew Krengel, Esq.
- Matthew Krengel is an information governance and eDiscovery attorney, educator, and thought leader with more than twenty years of experience at AMLAW top 25 law firms translating complex legal and technical subjects into clear, actionable guidance. Each year, he is invited to speak at leading legal and information governance conferences nationwide, where he focuses on turning legal, regulatory, and technical concepts into practical strategies for lawyers, records and information managers, and legal technologists. His insights have appeared in Law360 and other legal publications, and he has presented to a wide range of industry audiences - from local ARMA chapters across the country to Fortune 500 legal departments - on developments in eDiscovery, AI, records management, information governance, privacy, defensible deletion, data minimization and analytics. These experiences have given Matt a broad perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing the field and have honed a speaking style that is engaging, informative, and entertaining.
In addition to conference presentations, Matt designs and delivers live and on-demand CLE courses that balance academic rigor with practical application. He also assists in teaching a law school course on eDiscovery and information governance, helping to shape the next generation of professionals. Equally comfortable as a solo presenter or as part of a dynamic panel, Matt is committed to delivering sessions that are engaging, relevant, and, most importantly, actionable, so attendees leave with ideas they can immediately put into practice at their organizations.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
The ARMA San Diego Chapter Executive Board
Save the dates for our next in person events:
Wednesday, May 13 - Program, San Diego, CA
Thursday 6/25 and Friday 6/26: ARMA California Summer Conference, Irvine, CA
ARMA California Summer Conference
Pack your bags, and head for sunny Southern California to join your fellow information management professionals for a day of live education, networking opportunities and cutting-edge business exhibitions.
Designed to promote excellence in information and records management, five ARMA California chapters (Golden State, Greater Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, and SoCal Inland Empire) have partnered to present you with their 3rd Annual Summer Conference to be held in the heart of Orange County, CA.
Registration is now open.
Continuing Education credits for Certified Records Managers/Analysts (ICRM) and Information Governance Professionals (ARMA) will be available.
Pack your bags, and head for sunny Southern California to join your fellow information management professionals for a day of live education, networking opportunities and cutting-edge business exhibitions.
Designed to promote excellence in information and records management, five ARMA California chapters (Golden State, Greater Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, and SoCal Inland Empire) have partnered to present you with their 3rd Annual Summer Conference to be held in the heart of Orange County, CA.
Registration is now open.
Continuing Education credits for Certified Records Managers/Analysts (ICRM) and Information Governance Professionals (ARMA) will be available.
The Ethical Imperatives Behind Records and Information Governance
Taking proper care of our records and information is vital to our ability to do our jobs and meet our legal obligations. But, there's an ethical imperative to perform our duties that far outweighs our day-to-day responsibilities.
How we ensure accuracy, execute retention, maintain privacy, etc. directly affects the people whose information it is, and we need to approach governance with gravitas if we are to gain, sustain and foster their trust.
In this session attendees will learn:
Speaker:
Steve Weissman is Founder & CEO at Holly Group where he helps you get the most value you can from your information. His goal is your goal: to reduce compliance risks and unlock business opportunities.
Date and Time:
Thursday, June 19, 2025
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location:
Virtual
Link to the steve weissman slides
This is a virtual meeting. Please complete the registration form and we will email you a link to the meeting.
Taking proper care of our records and information is vital to our ability to do our jobs and meet our legal obligations. But, there's an ethical imperative to perform our duties that far outweighs our day-to-day responsibilities.
How we ensure accuracy, execute retention, maintain privacy, etc. directly affects the people whose information it is, and we need to approach governance with gravitas if we are to gain, sustain and foster their trust.
In this session attendees will learn:
- What it means to be ethical
- How to directly connect ethics, IG and real-world outcomes
- Strategies to operationalize ethics
Speaker:
Steve Weissman is Founder & CEO at Holly Group where he helps you get the most value you can from your information. His goal is your goal: to reduce compliance risks and unlock business opportunities.
Date and Time:
Thursday, June 19, 2025
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location:
Virtual
Link to the steve weissman slides
This is a virtual meeting. Please complete the registration form and we will email you a link to the meeting.