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title: "Cohort 2017/18"
description: "SUGAR cohort 2017/18: 7 design-thinking projects with 7 corporate partners and 8 universities, 38 students named."
url: "https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2017-18/"
lang: "en"
---

# Cohort 2017/18

One academic year of SUGAR: from the Global Kick-Off in October to the SUGAR Expo in June.

- 7 project showcases
- 7 corporate partners
- 8 universities
- 38 students named

## The teams of 2017/18.

- [ANA tomo](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/ana-tomo-2017-18/) – All Nippon Airways (2017/18)
- [BIBO](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/bibo-2017-18/) – iSoftStone (2017/18)
- [Flip](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/flip-2017-18/) – SONAE MC (2017/18)
- [Helvetia](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/helvetia-2017-18/) – Helvetia (2017/18)
- [Infini](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/infini-2017-18/) – Triwool (2017/18)
- [Multiple Futures](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/multiple-futures-2017-18/) – Merck (2017/18)
- [Plan&See](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/plan-and-see-2017-18/) – Plansee Group (2017/18)

## Kick-Off, presentations, Expo.

- [SUGAR+ Final Presentations St. Gallen '18](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-final-presentations-st-gallen-18/) – 25th June 2018
- [SUGAR EXPO San Francisco '18](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-expo-san-francisco-18/) – June 2018

## Who brought the briefs.

- [All Nippon Airways](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/all-nippon-airways/)
- [Helvetia](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/helvetia/)
- [iSoftStone](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/isoftstone/)
- [Merck](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/merck/)
- [Plansee Group](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/plansee-group/)
- [SONAE MC](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/sonae-mc/)
- [Triwool](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/triwool/)

## Where the teams studied.

- [Aalto University · Design Factory](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/aalto/)
- [Anhui University](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/anhui/)
- [Design Factory Melbourne · Swinburne](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/dfm/)
- [Kyoto Institute of Technology](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/kyoto-it/)
- [Kyoto University of Art and Design](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/kyoto-uad/)
- [Porto Design Factory](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/porto/)
- [University of Science and Technology of China](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/ustc/)
- [University of St. Gallen](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/hsg/)