Happy New Year! It’s 2026!  As always, a new year brings a new slate of eDiscovery events, conferences and meetings.  And courtesy of Rob Robinson’s excellent ComplexDiscovery site, you know when most of the eDiscovery events in 2026 are currently planned – and more!

In Rob’s post titled The 2026 Event Horizon: Early Outlook for eDiscovery, AI, and European Innovation, he provides an early listing of eDiscovery events for 2026 and more, noting: “the 2026 event calendar offers early evidence of an accelerating convergence between eDiscovery, artificial intelligence, and Europe’s leadership in digital governance.” Rob also notes: “As 2026 approaches, forward-looking professionals in eDiscovery, AI, and European legal technology have much to anticipate—and even more to actively shape.”

Rob has compiled a list of events every year for several years now and I’m happy to say I’ve covered it for several years as well.  His yearly post is a great reference guide for key events and Rob continues to update it as events are added or dates for events are announced.

Not only does Rob compile the list every year, but he starts compiling it early – his initial posting for this year’s list is dated November 21, 2025 – even before Thanksgiving! So, why do I wait until now to cover it? It’s a timely and easy post for me to cover to start off the new year! Thanks, Rob!

Anyway, here are a few notable eDiscovery events in 2026 (and related disciplines) that are currently scheduled.

• February 24-26: UF Law E-Discovery Conference – Gainesville, FL
• March 9-12: Legalweek 2026, New York, NY
• March 25-28: ABA TECHSHOW, Chicago, IL
• March 30-31: IAPP Summit 2026, Privacy, AI Governance, Cybersecurity Law, Washington DC
• May 11-14: CLOC Global Institute – Chicago, IL
• June 2-4: Techno Security & Digital Forensics Conference, Myrtle Beach SC
• August 23-27: ILTACON – Nashville, TN
• September 8-11: Running Legal Like a Business (RLLB) 2026 – Las Vegas, NV
• September 29-October 1: Relativity Fest – Chicago
• October 13-15: EDI Leadership Summit, Lahaina, Hawaii
• November 19-20: Georgetown Law – Advanced eDiscovery Institute – Washington, DC

This list also includes events for eDiscovery Today Affinity partner The Master’s Conference in 2026! Many of the dates are still being determined, so check the above link for updates.

Rob also notes this: If your organization has eDiscovery-related events you would like added, amended, or corrected,  please click here to provide the appropriate updates.

You can find a much more comprehensive list of events in Rob’s post here.  This is a link you’ll want to save as a favorite to reference periodically to identify updates to the schedule.

So, what do you think?  Do you plan to attend any in-person eDiscovery events in 2026?  Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

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