Are you up to the challenge?

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In today's competitive marketplace, being good isn't enough. You have to be better. Better business demands better records and information management.

The heat is on as organizations are bombarded with new and changing regulations, escalating litigation costs associated with e-discovery, threats to their data's security and clients' privacy, and the challenge of training employees enterprise-wide. These are the realities of information management.

If you're ready to take your organization to the next level, you're ready for ARMA 2007, ARMA International's 52nd Annual Conference and Expo.

Baltimore's beautiful Inner Harbor will be the backdrop for ARMA 2007, October 7-10. Join your information management colleagues from around the world in finding new and better ways to manage your organization's information.

This Year's Event Will

* Focus on the practical application of technologies, strategies, and techniques

* Explore collaboration and the leadership needed to improve your organization from within

* Deliver solutions by providing applicable take-aways, tools, and job aids

* Address the issues of risk management for your most valuable asset--information

Visionaries and experts in the legal, RIM, and IT fields will discuss what works and how to make best practices part of your organization's information management foundation.

Attendees at all experience levels will have the opportunity to learn from industry innovators in approximately 80 sessions on such timely topics as

* The challenges of managing e-mail and other collaborative technologies

* Litigation readiness

* Developing and implementing a data security policy and program

* RIM in the organizational audit process

* Change management

* The "big bucket" theory for records retention

* Best practices for complying with the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Expo Showcases Solutions

In addition to the unequaled educational opportunities, ARMA 2007 includes one of the industy's biggest and best expos. Invite your compliance team and get the most from the ARMA 2007 Expo, October 7-9. It offers the widest variety of exhibitors for information management products and services. More than 200 of the industry's leading vendors will be available to demonstrate the latest RIM products and services and answer your questions. The Expo also offers popular education sessions for effectively managing information--your legal/compliance, IT, and RIM colleagues will thank you for the recommendation!

Who Should Attend?

* Records and information management professionals

* General and inside counsels

* Legal administrators

* Consultants

* Government employees

* CIOs and IT managers

Mark your calendars now--and register early for big savings!

Get all the details at www.arma.org/conference

Six Pre-Conference Tracks to Meet YOUR Needs!

ARMA International is pleased to offer six pre-conference programs this year - a combination of one- and two-day programs in these tracks:

* Collaboration

* Electronic Records Management

* Computer

* Fundamentals

* Disaster Recovery

* Legal

These programs will take place October 5 & 6, 2007. Additional registration is required.

Fundamentals

October 5-6

Fundamentals of RIM

1 Mark Langemo, Ed.D., CRM, FAI, presents this comprehensive, in-depth two-day workshop to help those new to the records and information management (RIM) profession get up-to-speed in no time! Included will be tried-and-proven, practical...