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A Quarterly Update will be offered in Portuguese on Friday, December 4 from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM EST. Click here to access the dial-in information.
 
If you missed the English or Spanish calls previously held, be sure to check out the archives of the calls in next week's Spotlight. 

Quarterly Updates are your way of hearing directly from the ELT about what we've accomplished and our strategy to succeed in the future. Please take a moment to review the calls next week or join for the remaining call. If you have additional questions that you'd like the ELT to answer, send them to Mara Kingsley or Ask the ELT.
 
AES Communications
AES Andres hosts President of Panama

AES Andres, located in the Dominican Republic and part of the MCAC SBU, recently hosted Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez, President of Panama, and a delegation of Panamanian government officials. AES attendees included Edwin De los Santos, Market Business Leader for the Dominican Republic, Germán Toro Ghio, Communications VP, and businessmen Manuel Estrella and Félix García, partners of AES Dominicana. Rubén Jimenez Bichara, Executive Vice-president of CDEEE was also present.
CYBERSECURITY
Monthly Cybersecurity Message

The holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year - for cyber criminals. As many of us opt out of crowded malls and use the Internet to purchase gifts for everyone on our list, cyber thieves are ramping up their illicit activities in attempt to steal shoppers' personal information. Click the read more button for three tips to help you protect yourself, your family, and AES from falling victim to a cyber-attack during this holiday season.
BEHIND THE MW
US SBU participates in North American emergency preparedness exercise
 
More than 100 AES people from the US SBU participated in the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's (NERC) GridEx III, a grid-focused operational exercise for utilities across North America. The objective of GridEx is to provide utilities an opportunity to demonstrate how they would respond to simulated coordinated cyber and physical security threats and indents. In doing so, utilities can identify lessons learned to improve communications and their overall emergency preparedness plan. Months in the making, GridEx had active participation from more than 320 organizations in North America. 
WE ARE AES
Marek Kubik receives award

Earlier this month, Marek Kubik, Customer Solutions and Commercial Projects Manager at AES UK & Ireland, received the Energy Institute (EI) Young Professional of The Year award at a ceremony in London. Marek was selected among 140 entries and was recognized for his work on the development of the 10 MW Kilroot Advancion Energy Storage Array. The EI is the professional body for the energy industry that shares knowledge, skills and good practices towards a safe, secure and sustainable energy system.  The EI Awards recognize the value of energy to society and celebrate the contribution the energy industry and its people make to progress, innovation and excellence. Congratulations Marek! 
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ENERGIZED BY OUR VALUES
AES Andes celebrates Values Day

AES Andes celebrated Values Day with a series of presentations on our Values, engaging games to educate people on our Values and giveaways that represented our commitment to our Values. For the Values game, AES people had the opportunity to answer a daily question on the intranet related to our Code of Conduct. Every person that answered correctly was entered into a drawing for a Go Pro camera that was given away daily. In addition, everyone received a wearable card that listed our Values. Finally, at Termoandes in Argentina, each person received a safety kit with the Values inscribed on it. 
AES Brazil celebrates Values Day

AES Brazil leaders kicked off Values Day with a presentation and panel with five senior leaders that reflected on and discussed our Values. The event was held at AES Brazil's headquarters, with a videoconference for AES Sul and AES Tietê. Leaders also highlighted the importance of reporting questionable actions or behaviors by utilizing the AES Helpline, an anonymous way to speak up about behavior not in compliance with our Values.
ALWAYS ON FOR SAFETY
Rositsa Rikova is Always On for Safety 

Rosi is a Technical Assistant at AES Wind Operations Bulgaria, part of the Europe SBU and has worked at AES for seven years. Known for her passion to do things the right way, the safe way, she acts according to the safety rules and requirements established at her working site. Rosi is a technically-oriented professional who understands and believes how important it is to follow safety instructions. Her adherence to safety instructions is especially true when working with technologies that pose hazards to people's health if handled inappropriately. She has been a role model and an inspiration for the team due to her mindset of putting safety first.