Hispanic Marketing Midwest Conference Celebrates 10 Years.

The 10th annual Hispanic Marketing Midwest conference, produced by Aguilar Productions, will be held on April 25-26 in the Twin Cities.

Aguilar Productions, based in Minneapolis, is celebrating its 10 year anniversary of promoting the Hispanic market and has the distinction of being the only Latino-owned company in the U.S. producing Hispanic marketing conferences on an annual basis.

One of the highlights of the conference is the 2nd annual Hispanic Marketing Midwest Awards Dinner “celebrating excellence in Hispanic marketing” being held on April 25, at the prestigious James J. Hill Reference Library in St. Paul.

Alex Lopez Negrete, President and CEO of Lopez Negrete Communications, based in Houston, TX, is being honored for his leadership in the development of the Hispanic marketing industry. Carlos Garcia, President of Garcia Research Associates, Burbank, CA will receive the “HispanSource” award for outstanding achievement in Hispanic marketing research. American Family Insurance is the Hispanic corporate marketing award recipient.

Keynote speaker for the dinner is Israel Hernandez, who holds the No. 2 job in commerce and is Director-General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Services.

The awards selection committee members include: Hector Orci, La Agencia de Orci & Asociados, Felipe Korzenny, professor at Florida State University and Cheskin Co-Founder, Rico Vallejos, LatinoCreative.com, Sam Richter, James J. Hill Reference Library and Rick Aguilar, President/CEO of Aguilar Productions.

The April 26th 10th annual Hispanic Marketing Midwest conference at the Millennium Hotel in Minneapolis features presenters: Carlos Santiago, Santiago Solutions Group, New York, NY, Rochelle Newman-Carrasco, Enlace Communications, Los Angeles, CA, and Carlos Garcia, Garcia Research Associates. Keynote speaker for the conference luncheon is Felipe Korzenny, acclaimed author and Hispanic marketing research guru, who will discuss his recently published book “Hispanic Marketing: A Cultural Perspective”.

For conference information go to http://www.aguilarproductions.com