LatinVision Media, together with the New York City Latin Media & Entertainment Commission (LMEC), Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and Advertising Week (AW) and Marketwire (MW) and Netstairs (NS) as media and technology partners, announce the speaker lineup for the 4th annual CEO Summit Convergence on October 6th, 2011 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Time Inc. Headquarters in New York City.
This Hispanic Media conference features nearly 50 speakers, including entertainers as well as Chief Officers and top Executives from Prisa, Google, Yahoo!, People en Espanol, CNN, ESPN Deportes, Univision and IMG who will speak about the emerging trends in media and advertising to US Hispanics.
“Our conference brings together the CEOs and top Executives of companies that everyone in the Hispanic and Media Industry wants to hear from,” commented Carlos Vassallo, CEO of LatinVision Media. “Hispanics are now the largest minority and the continued growth of the group is positioning us as an emerging and new general market. As a result, Latinos represent the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs and small businesses and as a group we lead in the adoption of new media across all segments of the US population.”
This is the fourth consecutive year the one-day conference and exhibition is held and this year it offers attendees a unique view on how brands, advertisers and agencies can leverage all media to create an impactful and effective experience with consumers.
The conference features 7 moderated panels that will each include an opportunity for attendees to ask questions directly to the speakers and network heavily after each session. Panels include topics on digital content creation, digital and print media, social media and Hispanics, Hispanic television, the business of entertainment, sports and multi-cultural marketing.
Attendees will experience an unrivaled opportunity to learn from CEOs and senior marketers who will share their experience from across a variety of emerging platforms including Podcasting, Blogging, Social Networking, Streaming Video and Mobile Casting. As in previous editions, the conference will also feature live tweeting, live streaming video.
This year’s speakers include:
Gabriel Abaroa CEO & President Latin Grammys Leylha Alhuile SVP Multicultural Mintel SVP Lat Am, Carib & US Felix Alvarez Garmon Hispanic IMG Latin Media & Mario Baeza Chairman Entertainment Comm Ivan Braiker Co-Founder & CEO Hipcricket Martin Breidsprecher CEO Azteca America Michelle Caruso Cabrera Anchor and Reporter CNBC President Online Kevin Conroy Properties Univision Vincent Cordero EVP & General Manager Fox Deportes Guido Conterno CEO Grupo Diarios America Investor, Owner & Antonio Cue President Chivas USA Chris Cunningham CEO Appssavvy.com Carmen Di Rienzo CEO V-me Media Global Head News Adrian Dickson Products Thomson Reuters Lino Garcia General Manager ESPN Deportes Hilda Garcia Chief Digital Officer Impremedia National Academy of TV, Jacqueline Gonzalez Executive Director Arts & Sciences Brian Hopman GM and Hispanic Markets The Associated Press Cynthia Hudson General Manager CNN En Espanol Viviana Hurtado Founder & CEO The Wise Latina Club General Manager US Mark Lopez Hispanics Google Monique Manso Publisher People en Espanol Latin Media & Carlos Manzano Executive Director Entertainment Commission Marta Martinez Chief Marketing Officer MediaMath Betti Ortega SVP Mexicanal Ingrid Otero-Smart CEO Casanova Pendrill Alvaro Palacios SVP Sales & OperAmericas Prisa Digital Jessica Pantanini COO Broomley Communications Matias Perel CEO Latin3 NYC Economic Development Seth Pinsky President Corporation Jorge Plasencia Chairman & CEO Republica Producer Anderson Cooper David Puente 360 degrees CNN Multicultural Marketing Maria Rios Manager Macys Ana Roca Csatro Founder & CEO Latism General Manager US Armando Rodriguez Hispanics Yahoo Interactive Advertising Randall Rothenberg President & CEO Bureau Worldwide Managing Mauricio Sabogal Director Initiative Liz Sarachek Chief Revenue Officer Terra Networks Rachel Sterne Chief Digital Officer The City of New York Carlos Vassallo CEO LatinVision Media Alberto Vourvoulias Managing Director Fox News Latino
“As the Hispanic market continues to grow, marketers need to pay serious attention and increase their budgets as they will be investing in the fastest growing consumer market in the nation,” said Carlos Vassallo, CEO of LatinVision Media. “Our CEOs Conference will showcase companies and individuals actively positioning themselves in their respective industries and capitalizing on this powerful trend.”
To learn more about the conference and to register: www.latinvision.com/conference
To sponsor: http://www.latinvision.com/conference/sponsors.pdf