LatinTRENDS will host its 6th Annual iConomy Expo on March 28th from 11 am to 6 pm at the CUNY Graduate Center located at 365 5th Avenue at 34th Street. This event is FREE to attend courtesy of LatinTRENDS, CUNY and Time Warner Cable. Our media partners include TelemundoNY and HPNG. Pre-registration at www.iconomyny.com\seminars is required to attend this event.
LatinTRENDS inaugurates the “What’s Trending?” Series with panels on Today’s Hispanic Market, Music, Film & TV, Business and Mobile Tech & Social Media industries. Expert panelists on Today’s Hispanic Market include Ronald Méndez, Liseth Pérez-Almeida and Fenix Arias, PhD. As VP, Group Account Director for Havas Media and 14-year industry veteran, Ronald leads development of communication strategies for Fox Hispanic Media and McDonald’s. Fenix is a Professor of Sociology and Latin American Studies at John Jay College and Director of Assessment Testing at CUNY’s York College. Liseth is Life & Style Editor of El Diario/La Prensa celebrating 100 years.
What’s Trending in Music? Mario “Jochy” Rodriguez, Marketing Director of Universal Music Latino and Eric Garcia, VP of Sales at SBS Entertainment and Porfirio Pina (BMI & Porfirio Pina Entertainment) will discuss artists’ “make or break” deals or how to create your own. They will identify opportunities and challenges in the music sector.
What’s Trending in Film & TV? How can we keep up with its latest trends? Edwin Mejia, an Independent Filmmaker will guide attendees through the changing opportunities on-camera and behind the scenes. Edwin’s a partner in the Vlad Company and also partnered with SONY Music and EMI Music to maximize artistic deals.
What’s Trending in Business? Today there is a different way of doing business…it is a new economy. Our expert panelists include Ary Nuñez, a first-generation entrepreneur/celebrity trainer; Maria Otero, Esq. the Founder and President of the Women’s Venture Fund, Inc., a not-for-profit organization dedicated to assisting women become successful entrepreneurs; and Foulis Peacock, Co-Founder of Diversity Inc. and Founder of immpreneur.com.
What’s Trending in Tech & Social Media? Learn how to create the right message for yourself, your brand and clients from Nathalia Ortiz, Co-Anchor of Buenos Días Nueva York on TelemundoNY; Ana Roca Castro of LATISM; and Lucía Ballas-Traynor of MamásLatinas. Ana is a social entrepreneur and Founder of Latinos in Tech Innovation and Social Media (#Latism). Lucía is Co-Founder and EVP of CafeMom’s MamásLatinas, a bilingual online destination launched January 2012.
For more information, please contact Maria V. Luna at (212) 851-6164 or email mluna@latintrends.com
