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title: "Cohort 2020/21"
description: "SUGAR cohort 2020/21: 10 design-thinking projects with 9 corporate partners and 13 universities, 60 students named."
url: "https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2020-21/"
lang: "en"
---

# Cohort 2020/21

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

- 10 project showcases
- 9 corporate partners
- 13 universities
- 60 students named

## The teams of 2020/21.

- [Beamm](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/beamm-2020-21/) – Saint-Gobain (2020/21)
- [Center Piece](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/center-piece-2020-21/) – Badisches Landesmuseum (2020/21)
- [ESGo](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/esgo-2020-21/) – CRIF (2020/21)
- [Knowstlé](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/knowstle-2020-21/) – Nestlé (2020/21)
- [Mogii](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/mogii-2020-21/) – NKC Nakanishi Metal Works (2020/21)
- [Nosta](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/nosta-2020-21/) – Plan International (2020/21)
- [Psokey](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/psokey-2020-21/) – UCB (2020/21)
- [SuaFazenda](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/suafazenda-2020-21/) – Fazenda Cubo (2020/21)
- [SwiEasy](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/swieasy-2020-21/) – PostFinance (2020/21)
- [Vigia](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/vigia-2020-21/) – Saint-Gobain (2020/21)

## Kick-Off, presentations, Expo.

- [SUGAR+ Final presentation in Kyoto](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-final-presentation-in-kyoto/) – 9th July 2021
- [5th SUGAR Bar on planet centric design](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/5th-sugar-bar-on-planet-centric-design/) – 23rd of June 2021
- [SUGAR Expo Cloud 2021](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-expo-cloud-2021/) – 1st of June 2021
- [4th SUGAR Bar talks with Julien Mauroy](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/4th-sugar-bar-talks-with-julien-mauroy/) – 6th of May 2021
- [3rd SUGAR Bar Talks with Marcel van Eeden](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/3rd-sugar-bar-talks-with-marcel-van-eeden/) – 18th February 2021
- [\*For free\* 2nd SUGAR Bar Talks with Alumni](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/for-free-2nd-sugar-bar-talks-with-alumni/) – 3rd December 2020
- [SUGAR Global Cloud Kick Off 2020](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-global-cloud-kick-off-2020/) – 21st - 27th October 2020
- [\*For free\* SUGAR Bar Talks for Alumni](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/for-free-sugar-bar-talks-for-alumni/) – 24th of September 2020

## Who brought the briefs.

- [Badisches Landesmuseum](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/badisches-landesmuseum/)
- [CRIF](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/crif/)
- [Fazenda Cubo](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/fazenda-cubo/)
- [Nestlé](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/nestle/)
- [NKC Nakanishi Metal Works](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/nkc-nakanishi-metal-works/)
- [Plan International](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/plan-international/)
- [PostFinance](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/postfinance/)
- [Saint-Gobain](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/saint-gobain/)
- [UCB](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/ucb/)

## Where the teams studied.

- [Aalto University · Design Factory](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/aalto/)
- [d.school Paris · École des Ponts](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/dschool-paris/)
- [Design Factory Melbourne · Swinburne](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/dfm/)
- [Hasso Plattner Institute](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/hpi/)
- [Karlsruhe Institute of Technology](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/kit/)
- [Kyoto Institute of Technology](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/kyoto-it/)
- [Linköping University](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/liu/)
- [Trinity College Dublin](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/tcd/)
- [University of Bologna · Almacube](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/unibo/)
- [University of Modena and Reggio Emilia](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/unimore/)
- [University of Potsdam](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/uni-potsdam/)
- [University of São Paulo](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/usp/)
- [Warsaw University of Technology](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/pw/)