Over 500 participants comprising of family businesses and business owners met in Bangkok, Thailand to attend the Asia Pacific Summit in November 2012.  Attendees explored various dimensions of the STEP model. The summit had a three panel sessions, where they included two Thai family businesses represented by a 1st generation and a 2nd generation. The family spoke on their experiences and shared thoughts on how creativity helped them to continue growing their business for generations. Panel 2 brought forth the topic, Grooming Successors, while Panel 3 on the topic of Governance Structure and Professionalization. The Summit concluded with a tour of the historic ancient city of Ayutthaya, which was the capital city of Thailand.

At the Latin American Summit in November 2012, STEP members and families met in Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC), Brazil to discuss subjects that dealt with Transition Challenges, Entrepreneurial Dreams and Family Action Planning. This summit was conjoined with FDC’s 3rd Annual Meeting of PDA (Shareholder Development Program) Families, allowing families to attend lectures from their series, as well as, briefly introduce their family and company to everyone in attendance. PDA is a partnership that makes it possible for families that own family businesses to grow more mature and provide better leadership for their businesses. By allowing these two meetings to happen at the same time allowed participants to exchange experiences and get first hand impressions and perspectives, which opened new and exciting challenges.