Twin Cities to Host Hispanic Marketing Conference

Aguilar Productions, based in the Twin Cities, presents the 10th annual Hispanic Marketing Midwest conference on April 25-26.

Aguilar Productions, the only Latino-owned company in the U.S. producing an annual Hispanic marketing conference, is celebrating its 10th anniversary of promoting the Hispanic market. Aguilar Productions also produces Asian American and African America marketing events.

The two day conference includes the 2nd annual Hispanic Marketing Midwest Awards Dinner "celebrating excellence in Hispanic marketing" that will be held on April 25th at the prestigious James J. Hill Reference Library located in St. Paul.

Hispanic marketing pioneer Alex Lopez Negrete, President and CEO of Lopez Negrete Communications, 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. The Hispanic corporate marketing award will be presented to American Family Insurance Company.

Keynote speaker for the awards dinner is Israel Hernandez, who holds the No. 2 job in commerce and is the Director-General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Services.
The awards selection committee members includes: Hector Orci, La Agencia de Orci & Asociados, Felipe Korzenny, acclaimed author and Hispanic marketing research guru, Rico Vallejos, LatinoCreative.com, Sam Richter, President of the James J. Hill Library and Rick Aguilar, President/CEO of Aguilar Productions.

The April 26th 10th annual Hispanic Marketing Midwest conference will be held at the Millennium Hotel in Minneapolis. The all-day conference will feature: 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, who will discuss his recently published book, "Hispanic Marketing: A Cultural Perspective". For conference information online go to http://www.aguilarproductions.com or call 651-665-0633.