DM Jul-Aug 2021

EVENT: IRMS CONFERENCE 2021 Dm
The heart of your organisation
DM Magazine previews this year's IRMS Conference, taking place in Birmingham in
November
The Information and Records
Management Society (IRMS) has
announced that more than 50
subject matter experts will join 350
delegates at The Hilton Birmingham
Metropole, for its Annual Conference
2021. The premier event for the
records management industry returns
from 28th until 30th November 2021,
with the theme: Information & Data:
The Heart of Your Organisation.
The IRMS Annual Conference 2021
will open with a keynote from the Chief
Information Security Officer at Pinsent
Masons, Christian Toon, who will
discuss 'Protecting the Heart of your
Organisation'. He will be joined by Data
Protection Officer at Bolt, Calum Liddle,
the former Legal Research Lead at
Facebook, where he managed the
Office of the Data Protection Officer in
the wake of the Cambridge Analytica
scandal. He will share 'The Journey and
Challenges, Structure and Strategies of
a Data Protection Officer'.
Providing insight into the challenges
faced by the NHS in relation to
'Information Sharing During a
Pandemic' will be Data Sharing and
Privacy Specialist, Martin Staples from
NHSX, a unit that brings together
teams from the Department of Health
and Social Care, NHS England, and NHS
Improvement, to drive the digital
transformation of care.
Other keynote addresses include
Judith Ellis, Managing Director,
Enterprise Knowledge and Chair of the
ISO Committee for Records
Management Standards who will ask
the question: 'Are international
standards relevant?' And Technical
Director, Privacy, Deloitte, Ivana
Bartoletti who will consider 'Privacy and
Ethics in the Age of Big Data and
Algorithms'.
Chair of the IRMS, Reynold Leming,
ABOUT THE IRMS
The Information and Records Management Society (IRMS) is the foremost
association for information professionals and students, supporting and bringing
together all those working in information governance, records management,
data protection, information security and more, across all industry sectors, in
the UK and beyond.
As well as its annual conference attracting more than 350 delegates, the
IRMS offers professional accreditation available to all, produces a high-quality
bimonthly industry magazine, and operates a network of geographic and
special interest groups across the UK and Ireland. Visit www.irms.org.uk/join to
find out more.
states: "Information and data informs
and evidences day-to-day operations,
interactions with stakeholders and
customers, as well as tactical and
strategic decision-making at the
highest level. It is at the heart of the
organisation and as such it needs to be
kept fit and healthy." Leming adds: "Our
annual conference is the place for IRMS
members and the wider industry to
educate, collaborate and innovate.
Each year they return to their respective
organisations with new ideas,
initiatives, protocols and procedures
that will ultimately get that heart
beating stronger than ever before."
The IRMS Conference 2021 is
sponsored by OASIS, Iron Mountain
and many other key industry vendors.
The two-day conference will be
attended by more than 350
information and records management
professionals. It will include more than
50 subject matter experts, representing
public, private and academic sectors,
hosting an extensive programme of
seminars, workshops and panel
sessions on topics such as 'Next
Generation Content Management',
'Essential Skills for DPOs', 'Freedom of
Information Past Present and Future'
and 'Data Quality is Behavioural, Data
Quality Management is Organisational'.
More info: www.irmsconference.org.uk
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