Conferences

This past week, we spent considerable time at the Hispanicize event in Miami Beach.

The Hispanicize team needs to be commended for their ability to bring together Hispanic female bloggers from their owned and operated blogger network Latina Mom Bloggers. The ladies were flown in and put up for a couple of days in fabulous Miami Beach for an all expenses paid soiree to create and demonstrate critical mass to entice advertisers.

As the 4th event in the Hispanicize series, the event organizers have demonstrated that they can improve it from year to year, but need to stick to their core audience.

To read more available on HispanicAd.com’s El Blog, HispanicCMO.com and HispanicPRpro.com

Billboard announced the finalists for the third annual Billboard Latin Music Marketing Awards, sponsored by Telemundo and mun2. The awards recognize the integration of music and marketing by honoring agencies and labels that had successful campaigns during the past year and are a reflection of the new trends in Latin Music Marketing and new forms of innovation and creativity in the industry.

AHAA is pulling out all the stops for its 2013 Conference. With a strong agenda already jam-packed with C-suite leaders and industry experts, AHAA continues to add A-list speakers making this the marketing conference to attend.

The business of Multiethnic TV is getting its due recognition on April 17 at the Hilton Hotel in New York City, when two leading industry publications, Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News, will present the first-ever Multiethnic TV Leadership Awards.

Don Omar will join Doug McVehil, SVP, Music Programming, Talent & Content Operations for VEVO and Billboard’s Editorial Director, Bill Werde, for a compelling discussion on how artists can maximize their presence and revenue in the world’s leading all-premium music video and entertainment platform.

Gloria Estefan will sit with Leila Cobo, Billboard’s Executive Director of Latin Content and Programming, for an in-depth conversation about her new album, her Broadway show, her multiple businesses, and remaining Number 1 on the charts. The Queen of Latin pop, Gloria is credited for being one of the most successful crossover artists of all time.

Eleven executives representing Condista, Comcast, Dish, Fox Broadcasting, Fox Hispanic Media, Sesame Workshop, SMG/Tapestry, Telemundo, TV One, Univision and Verizon within the fields of advertising, programming, marketing, digital and pay television have been named as the members of the first-ever class of winners of the Multiethnic TV Leadership Awards to be presented by Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News at the NY Hilton Hotel on Wednesday, April 17th, 2013, during a Luncheon Ceremony.

AHAA, in partnership with Círculo Creativo, has announced its most powerful conference agenda to date. Four C-suite level executives have signed on to spearhead a series of can’t-miss sessions taking place at the AHAA 2013 Conference between April 29th and May 1st at the Eden Roc Renaissance Hotel in Miami. In addition to WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell, AHAA announced the following additions to its lineup: Laurence Boschetto, CEO and President of Draftfcb; Adam Ostrow, Chief Strategy Officer of Mashable; Mark Tutssel, Chief Creative Officer of Leo Burnett Worldwide.

Debra Lee, the Chairman and CEO of BET Networks, will join Rubén Mendiola, the VP and GM for Multicultural Video Services at Comcast, and Dave Shull, SVP of Programming at Dish, as the featured keynote interview guests at the Multiethnic TV Leadership Morning Program, presented by Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News

Mayor Castro to provide keynote address at the AHAA 2013 Conference.

Florida International University’s School of Journalism & Mass Communication (SJMC) announced its plans to hold the Hispanic Marketing Communication: Bridging Culture and Behavior Conference, on Nov. 7 – 8, 2013, at its Biscayne Bay Campus.

Círculo Creativo in partnership with AHAA: The Voice of Hispanic Marketing announces that call for entries for the second annual U.S.H. Idea Awards are now open through April 1st, 2013. The award ceremony is aligned to Círculo Creativo’s mission to foster creativity in U.S. Hispanic advertising and AHAA’s commitment to highlighting the importance of creative in Hispanic Advertising. The Awards will recognize the best creative work in the field at its ceremony at the New World Center in Miami, FL on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013, as part of the AHAA 2013 Conference.

Now accepting submissions for the 2013 Billboard Latin Music Marketing Awards. Currently in its third year, The Billboard Latin Music Marketing Awards recognizes the integration of music and marketing by honoring agencies and labels who had successful campaigns this past year.

From April 29th to May 1st, AHAA: The Voice of Hispanic Marketing will bring together the best of Hispanic marketing and creativity as part of the “Thinking Under the Influence” conference taking place at the Eden Roc Renaissance Hotel in Miami. Attendees will be treated to content highlighting the Hispanic influence that is currently driving much of America’s evolving culture and therefore the marketing industry as a whole.

Univision Communications Inc. announced it will be the Platinum sponsor of The Social TV Summit Miami, in Association with Nobox, on February 28 and March 1, 2013 at The Fontainebleau Miami Beach. Randy Falco, president and CEO, Univision Communications Inc., will serve as the Summit’s keynote speaker.

Leaders in the business of multiethnic TV will be honored as part of a celebration of the viability of the multiethnic television business at the Hilton NY Hotel on Wednesday, April 17th, 2013. The Multiethnic TV Leadership Awards will be presented at a luncheon ceremony by two leading television business publications, Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News.

The New Generation Latino Consortium, the only organization dedicated to educating and informing the business and entertainment worlds about the importance of the New Generation Latino (NGL) market, is announcing its 2013 installments of the industry leading ‘NGLC Media, Marketing & Entertainment Conference’ in partnership with HispanicAd in New York City on Tuesday, April 2nd and Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 4th.

The FIU School of Journalism and Mass Communications just released the webinar recording of their “Hispanics and The Media: The Emerging Power Conference” to the public.

In speaking with many of my esteemed industry colleagues over the last several days, I’ve heard a lot of buzz about the upcoming ANA Multicultural Marketing & Diversity Conference in Miami this week. Everyone looks forward to the different topics on the agenda, and each of us can find a number of favorite subjects we will be gravitating to at the event.