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