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Dr. Simón Levy was appointed Undersecretary of Tourismof Mexican Government starting December 2018 untilMay 2019 by Mexican President Andres Manuel LópezObrador. Prior to this, he was appointed as Mexico CityCEO of Investment & Development Agency of the MexicoCity Government, PROCDMX, starting December 2012until December 2018, where he raised $650 million USDfor public-private infrastructure investments.As an Entrepreneur, he was the Chairman of the Board ofLatinasia Group - (2004-2011) a leading investment fundbetween China and Latin America. Due to hisachievements, he was recognized as a Young Global Leader of World Economic Forum (WEF) in2013, Global Entrepreneur by the World Entrepreneurship Forum 2013 and World Cities SummitYoung Leader 2015.Member of WEF Global Agenda Council. Under his achievements were the Urban and Mobility ofthe Future Strategy and Smart Cities of the Future.He has a Bachelor's in Law from National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)(2001), aSpecialty in Chinese Law Renmin University of China (2004), he was the first Mexican attorney toget a work permit in People's Republic of China (2006), he has Master in InternationalManagement at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico (ITAM) (2010) and an MBA fromSchool of Management from Tecnológico de Monterrey (EGADE ITESM) (2012), a PhD inPublic/Private Partnerships and Urban Economy (UNAM). Additionally, he conducted post-doctoral studies at Yale University, Lew Kwan Yew Public Management School, John F. KennedySchool of Harvard University. Moreover, since 2006, he has served as Professor of Law Faculty ofUNAM and of International Management and Entrepreneurship (Tec de Monterrey, 2009-2011).Author of 9 books, including: “Growth Without Debt” (Porrua, 2017) prized as Economy Book ofthe year by Sociedad Mexicana de Geografía y Estadística (Mexican Geography and StatisticsSociety), his first historic novel, "Neonao" (Plaza y Valdés, 2012), "The Microglobal Age" (Plaza yValdés, Tec de Monterrey 2007), “Towards China” (ISEF, 2006), “China the New World Factory”(ISEF, 2004).He founded the China-Mexico Lecture and Fellowship at the National University of México, andalso founded the first Mexican Think-Thank, "Agendasia".Columnist at the leader financial Mexican newspaper “El Financiero”.Currently, he is the Chairman of Ideasia Investment Fund and serves as Chief Resilience Officer ofWAMS, The World Academy of Medical Sciences.
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Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
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Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to