Speaking & Publications

A record of where I’ve spoken and what I’ve published on information governance, AI governance, and records. To invite me to speak: christopher.l.hockey@gmail.com.

Upcoming

June 10, 2026, 12pm–1pm — ARMA Canada Virtual Exchange

Designing Traffic Signals for AI: At the Intersection of Governance and Policy — with Lewis Eisen.
A practical guide to writing AI policy: what an AI policy should own, what it should reference, and where to draw the line. Co-presented with policy-writing expert Lewis Eisen.
Registration and more information: Register here

Past

April 22, 2026 — ARMA InfoNext

From a Forgotten Framework to a Living Practice.
Why information governance succeeds or fails on culture, not platforms or policy — and how behavioral science and change-management models (Kotter, Schein) turn governance from obligation into habit.

March 26, 2026 — ILTA Masterclass Series

The 18-Month AI Reckoning: What Happens When Firms Deploy AI Without Information Governance.
Why firms that rushed to deploy generative AI are now seeing declining output quality, sensitive information surfacing, and rising cost — and why the cause is ungoverned information, not the AI itself.

October 2025 — ARMA InfoCon 2025

Beyond Guesswork: An Approach to Data Risk Quantification.
A jargon-free, case-study approach to quantifying data risk: surfacing hidden exposure, evaluating impact, and turning risk into a practical discipline rather than a guess.

Publications

December 23, 2025 — Legalverse Media

The Missing Discipline in Legal AI: Why Information Governance Must Lead the AI Development Lifecycle.
Why information governance, not engineering, must lead the AI development lifecycle in legal environments — governing the data, lineage, and retention that AI systems inherit, so firms can show how a model accessed and used their information.
Read on Legalverse Media →

Views are my own and not those of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.