April 19–22, 2026

Join Morae at ARMA InfoNEXT 2026, an executive-level conference where information governance leaders, innovators, and practitioners come together to explore the future of IG. This 2.5-day experience features mainstage sessions, expert-led discussions, and interactive networking focused on AI, data governance, privacy, compliance, and digital transformation.

Stop by our meeting lounge to connect with Morae’s Information Governance and Cyber teams and learn how we help organizations build strong data foundations, reduce ROT, and strengthen cyber resilience while preparing for AI-driven transformation.

Connect with our team at InfoNEXT to explore how Morae can help you turn information governance into a strategic advantage.

Monday, April 20 | 10:00 – 11:00 AM

For years, Information Governance has been justified by risk reduction and compliance. But the rise of GenAI has changed the equation. Data quality is now a direct driver of productivity, innovation, and business value. Organizations that curate, classify, and manage their information effectively are positioned to unlock the full potential of AI, from automating tasks to accelerating insight.

This session explores how building a strong IG framework transforms information from a compliance burden into a strategic asset. Attendees will learn how trusted, well-governed data fuels GenAI performance, drives measurable ROI, and turns governance into a core business capability, not a cost center.

Key Takeaways

• Data quality now defines AI productivity and business impact
• Strong IG programs enable reliable, responsible GenAI
• Shifting from compliance to data value creates measurable ROI

Speakers:

+ Kurt Thies (Senior Director, Morae)

+ David Quackenbush (Managing Director, Morae)

Wednesday, April 22 | 9:45 – 10:45 AM

In an era of escalating regulatory complexity and AI-enabled workflows, defensible disposition is no longer a back-office function – it is a strategic imperative. This session demystifies the interplay between legal defensibility, governance maturity, and organizational culture to help teams move beyond risk aversion and indecision. We will examine how to reconcile preservation obligations, litigation holds, and privacy-driven minimization with pragmatic, auditable disposition practices. We will also highlight how to responsibly deploy automation, classification and AI tools, grounded in policy, controls, and transparent decision making, while preserving human judgment where it matters most. Attendees will leave with a practical blueprint to operationalize disposition at scale, align stakeholders across Legal, Privacy, IT, and the business, and demonstrate measurable risk reduction without sacrificing agility or ethics.

Key Takeaways

• Define a defensible retention and disposition strategy that harmonizes legal holds, retention schedules, and privacy-by-design principles, enabling timely, auditable deletion decisions.
• Evaluate where AI and automation add value in classification, holds reconciliation, and disposition workflow versus when human oversight and cross-functional governance are essential.
• Build the organizational readiness policies, controls, metrics, and culture needed to sustain disposition programs and demonstrate legal compliance to regulators, auditors, and courts.

Speakers:

+ Bernie Hillengas (Senior Director, Morae)

+ Matt Krengel, Esq. (eDiscovery Counsel — Director of Information Retention Counseling, Cooley)

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