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title: "Cohort 2021/22"
description: "SUGAR cohort 2021/22: 8 design-thinking projects with 8 corporate partners and 12 universities, 55 students named."
url: "https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2021-22/"
lang: "en"
---

# Cohort 2021/22

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

- 8 project showcases
- 8 corporate partners
- 12 universities
- 55 students named

## The teams of 2021/22.

- [ARK-E](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/ark-e-2021-22/) – Osaka Gas Chemicals (2021/22)
- [CO/LAB](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/co-lab-2021-22/) – Italian Institute of Technology (2021/22)
- [DAMU](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/damu-2021-22/) – Medicas GmbH (2021/22)
- [Harvia Flow](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/harvia-flow-2021-22/) – Harvia (2021/22)
- [Knock](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/knock-2021-22/) – Nestlé (2021/22)
- [MicroBooster](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/microbooster-2021-22/) – CRIF (2021/22)
- [Sellable](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/sellable-2021-22/) – VNTR (2021/22)
- [SPOD Connect](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/spod-connect-2021-22/) – SUMMIT (2021/22)

## Kick-Off, presentations, Expo.

- [SUGAR Expo 2021/22 in San Francisco](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-expo-2021-22-in-san-francisco/) – 4th June 2022
- [SUGAR Research Consortium](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-research-consortium/) – 16th - 18th May 2022
- [9th SUGAR/DFGN Bar on surviving hybrid](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/9th-sugar-dfgn-bar-on-surviving-hybrid/) – 18th March 2022
- [8th SUGAR Bar on innovation in countries](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/8th-sugar-bar-on-innovation-in-countries/) – 17th February 2022
- [7th SUGAR Bar as lean coffee session](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/7th-sugar-bar-as-lean-coffee-session/) – 10th December 2021 @noon CET
- [SUGAR Global Cloud Kick Off 2021](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-global-cloud-kick-off-2021/) – 25 - 29th of October 2021
- [6th SUGAR Bar on failures](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/6th-sugar-bar-on-failures/) – 23rd September 2021

## Who brought the briefs.

- [CRIF](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/crif/)
- [Harvia](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/harvia/)
- [Italian Institute of Technology](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/italian-institute-of-technology/)
- [Medicas GmbH](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/medicas-gmbh/)
- [Nestlé](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/nestle/)
- [Osaka Gas Chemicals](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/osaka-gas-chemicals/)
- [SUMMIT](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/summit/)
- [VNTR](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/vntr/)

## 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/)
- [Hochschule Mannheim · InnoSpace](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/hs-mannheim/)
- [ISDI School of Design & Innovation](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/isdi/)
- [Kyoto Institute of Technology](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/kyoto-it/)
- [Trinity College Dublin](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/tcd/)
- [Université Côte d’Azur](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/uca/)
- [University of Bologna · Almacube](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/unibo/)
- [University of São Paulo](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/usp/)
- [University of St. Gallen](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/hsg/)