Of Special Interest

These sessions of special interest will be presented during the conference at Moscone West.

CRM Examination Preparation Sessions
The ICRM will sponsor two CRM Examination Preparation Sessions designed to increase awareness about the Institute, its core mission and the benefits of being a CRM, and will provide information that will support existing candidates in their exam preparation.

• Preparing for the CRM Examination: Parts 1-5 
  Sunday, November 7
  1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
  Facilitated by: Steven Golden, CRM; Rae Lynn Haliday, CRM; Donald Schewe, Ph.D., CRM 
• Preparing for the CRM Examination: Part 6 
  Monday, November 8
  8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
  The ICRM will sponsor a Certified Records Manager (CRM) Examination Preparation Session designed to help candidates prepare for Part VI, the written case study exam. 
  Facilitated by: Debra Gearhart, CRM, FAI; Juanita Skillman, CRM, FAI

Thought Leaders Session: Fellows Forum
RIM is Alive and Well: Fact or Fiction
Sunday, November 7
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Records and information management (RIM) as we know it is changing before our eyes. Is the role of the RIM manager dying, diminishing, becoming one of a valued influencer, or fast tracking to a C- level position? Join a panel of prominent Fellows of ARMA International (FAIs) and your peers in this highly interactive thought provoking session. Be prepared to have your perspectives challenged and your vision empowered. You will walk away with a better sense of tackling the conference sessions and exhibits.

Facilitators:

• April Dmytrenko, CRM, FAI 
• Wendy Shade, FAI

Panel of Fellows:

• Patrick Cunningham, CRM, FAI
• Fred V. Diers, CRM, FAI 
• Juanita Skillman, CRM, FAI 
• David O. Stephens, CRM, FAI 
• Susan Whitmire, CRM, FAI 

Forrester Research
Sunday, November 7
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Records Management: A Market in Transformation
By Brian W. Hill, Forrester Research

Join Forrester Research analyst Brian Hill for an overview of findings from the Forrester Research And ARMA International Records Management Online Survey, Q3 2010. Successful records management helps organizations comply with regulatory requirements, ease eDiscovery burdens, and meet information governance objectives. In pursuit of these goals, nearly two-thirds of records managers plan to roll out or expand records management deployments in 2011. Enterprises must plan carefully during this expansion because challenges abound and satisfaction is low with current records management solutions. Factoring in complexity, cost, and other considerations, implementing effective records management programs is not easy. But aligning records management objectives with eDiscovery and archiving initiatives can go a long way toward achieving risk mitigation strategies. This presentation will help records management professionals understand the impact of this changing market and will outline strategies for success.

 Brian Hill is a senior analyst at Forrester Research serving Content & Collaboration professionals. He is a leading expert on eDiscovery, archiving strategies, records and retention management initiatives, and enterprise content management (ECM) endeavors. Most recently, Brian was director of marketing with EMC Corporation, responsible for archiving and compliance products within EMC's content management and archiving software division. He's also held marketing and strategic development roles at Oracle Corporation and spent more than a decade leading in-depth consulting engagements and business development initiatives. Brian earned a B.A. in political science from the University of California at Santa Cruz and a master's in international affairs from American University.

AIEF Research: The Impact of Social Networks on RIM
Tuesday, November 9
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Speaker: Helen Streck
"The ARMA International Educational Foundation has funded a research paper on the Impact of Social Networks on RIM.  The Foundations' session will be a presentation of the findings and discussion points from this research paper and will offer a discussion on such topics as the historical background of social networks, areas of impact to Records and Information Management Professionals and organizations' efforts at governance and the dilemma that age diversity has on an organization's ability to manage information on social networks."

Learning Objectives: the session will address the various aspects of the research paper with emphasis on the following areas:

• Examine the historical introduction and formation of social networks
• Present the various approaches organizations are using social media in conducting business
• Evaluate the impact that business use and social use by employees have on RIM
• Present for discussion the various methodology organizations will use to govern the use of social networks

Metadata in Court: What RIM, Legal and IT Need to Know
Tuesday, November 9
9:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Speaker: John Isaza, Esq.
In this session, Mr. Isaza will share with attendees the results of his research for a study he was commissioned to write for the ARMA Educational Foundation. For this study, Mr. Isaza researched court trends towards preservation, capture and production of metadata (defined as data about data) in court. Speaking with a bent towards records management, Mr. Isaza will present metadata preservation guidelines gleaned from court decisions for electronically stored records such as email, website content, text messages, stored records and data, animation, digital photos, voice mail, social networking, music uploads, and even public records held by government entities. This is an excellent program for both the government and the private sectors, especially for individuals in RIM, IT and Legal.

Upon conclusion of this session, participants will be able to: 

• Discuss recent court treatment of the issue of metadata in Federal and state courts;
• Cite specific cases for in-house counsel, compliance, risk managers, and even content/document/records management vendors on the issue;
• Develop a checklist for minimum metadata storage and production requirements; and
• Determine other metadata considerations on a go-forward basis in developing records retention and e-discovery preparedness programs.