# SUGAR Network for Design Innovation > Master-student teams from 26 member universities in 18 countries solve real briefs from corporate partners in nine months of human-centred design. Global design-thinking network: master-student teams from 26 member universities in 18 countries work for nine months on real briefs of corporate partners (Global Kick-Off in October, SUGAR Expo in June). About includes three short explainer videos (course structure, running a course, the corporate partner). Every page is available as HTML and as Markdown (link targets below). Besides the main pages there is one page per project, per content theme (/projects/themes//), per cohort (/projects/cohort//), per university (/network/universities//), per corporate partner (/network/partners//) and per event. Structured data: https://www.sugar-network.org/api/projects.json, https://www.sugar-network.org/api/themes.json, https://www.sugar-network.org/api/events.json, https://www.sugar-network.org/api/universities.json, https://www.sugar-network.org/api/partners.json, https://www.sugar-network.org/api/cohorts.json. ## Pages - [Put the human into human-centred design.](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/index.md): Master-student teams from 26 member universities in 18 countries solve real briefs from corporate partners in nine months of human-centred design. - [Every project, from brief to prototype.](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects.md): The SUGAR project archive: 95 design-thinking showcases by master-student teams and corporate partners, 2010–2025. Filter by cohort, university and partner. - [Nine months of human-centred design.](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/program.md): How a SUGAR year works: four shared moments from October to June, who does what, the six-step method, and how students and universities join. - [Your brief. An international team. Nine months.](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/partner-with-us.md): Partner with SUGAR: a nine-month design thinking project with an international team of master students. Field research, prototypes, talent scouting. - [Universities and companies, worldwide](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network.md): The SUGAR Network connects 26 member universities in 18 countries. 33 universities appear in the 95 project showcases since 2010. - [Two global moments a year. Many local ones.](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events.md): 38 SUGAR events since 2018: 9 SUGAR Expos, 7 Global Kick-Offs and 12 local SUGAR+ presentations – with dates, places and recordings. - [Responsible innovation, taught worldwide.](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/about.md): SUGAR connects universities to teach design thinking through intercultural projects with corporate partners. - [The people behind the network](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/about/team.md): The SUGAR Network is chaired by Falk Uebernickel & Li Jiang. 5 people from the teaching team and network office are listed. - [Research on design thinking](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/about/research.md): Researchers from SUGAR universities publish on teaching design thinking, its use in companies and its effect on business success. 35 publications, 2009–2025. - [Logos, booklets, maps and facts](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/about/media-kit.md): SUGAR Network media kit: key facts, 9 logo files and event material, 27 project booklets and network maps since 2013. - [Get in touch](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/about/contact.md): Get in touch with the SUGAR Network: contact@sugar-network.org. Your contact is Prof. Dr. Falk Uebernickel. - [Legal notice and disclaimer](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/legal.md): Legal notice, disclaimer, copyright and data protection information of sugar-network.org. ## Project themes - [Health & care](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/themes/health-care.md): Health & care: 13 SUGAR projects in which master-student teams worked on real briefs of corporate partners. Patients, doctors and carers: chronic illness, diagnosis, medication and care homes. - [Mobility & travel](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/themes/mobility-travel.md): Mobility & travel: 12 SUGAR projects in which master-student teams worked on real briefs of corporate partners. Cars, public transport, micro-mobility and air travel, seen from the traveller's side. - [Sustainability & resources](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/themes/sustainability-resources.md): Sustainability & resources: 12 SUGAR projects in which master-student teams worked on real briefs of corporate partners. Energy, emissions, waste, water and recyclable materials, plus ESG transparency. - [Food & farming](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/themes/food-farming.md): Food & farming: 6 SUGAR projects in which master-student teams worked on real briefs of corporate partners. Small farms, urban growing, beekeeping and less food waste. - [Finance & insurance](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/themes/finance-insurance.md): Finance & insurance: 9 SUGAR projects in which master-student teams worked on real briefs of corporate partners. Payments, investing, retirement, credit and insurance services for people and small firms. - [Work & organisations](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/themes/work-organisations.md): Work & organisations: 9 SUGAR projects in which master-student teams worked on real briefs of corporate partners. Collaboration, shared knowledge, team culture and support for small business owners. - [Industry & operations](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/themes/industry-operations.md): Industry & operations: 11 SUGAR projects in which master-student teams worked on real briefs of corporate partners. Machines, maintenance, field service and supply chains: tools for technicians and operators. - [Education & society](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/themes/education-society.md): Education & society: 13 SUGAR projects in which master-student teams worked on real briefs of corporate partners. Schools, universities, museums, migrants, disaster relief and people with disabilities. - [Living & leisure](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/themes/living-leisure.md): Living & leisure: 10 SUGAR projects in which master-student teams worked on real briefs of corporate partners. Homes, furniture, toys, TV, sport and outdoor experiences for everyday life. ## Cohorts - [Cohort 2025/26](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2025-26.md): SUGAR cohort 2025/26: 5 design-thinking projects with 4 corporate partners and 7 universities, 29 students named. - [Cohort 2024/25](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2024-25.md): SUGAR cohort 2024/25: 8 design-thinking projects with 8 corporate partners and 10 universities, 52 students named. - [Cohort 2023/24](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2023-24.md): SUGAR cohort 2023/24: 5 design-thinking projects with 5 corporate partners and 7 universities, 32 students named. - [Cohort 2022/23](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2022-23.md): SUGAR cohort 2022/23: 10 design-thinking projects with 9 corporate partners and 11 universities, 69 students named. - [Cohort 2021/22](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2021-22.md): SUGAR cohort 2021/22: 8 design-thinking projects with 8 corporate partners and 12 universities, 55 students named. - [Cohort 2020/21](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2020-21.md): SUGAR cohort 2020/21: 10 design-thinking projects with 9 corporate partners and 13 universities, 60 students named. - [Cohort 2019/20](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2019-20.md): SUGAR cohort 2019/20: 14 design-thinking projects with 14 corporate partners and 16 universities, 87 students named. - [Cohort 2018/19](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2018-19.md): SUGAR cohort 2018/19: 11 design-thinking projects with 11 corporate partners and 14 universities, 70 students named. - [Cohort 2017/18](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2017-18.md): SUGAR cohort 2017/18: 7 design-thinking projects with 7 corporate partners and 8 universities, 38 students named. - [Cohort 2016/17](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2016-17.md): SUGAR cohort 2016/17: 6 design-thinking projects with 5 corporate partners and 8 universities, 40 students named. - [Cohort 2015/16](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2015-16.md): SUGAR cohort 2015/16: 3 design-thinking projects with 3 corporate partners and 3 universities, 10 students named. - [Cohort 2014/15](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2014-15.md): SUGAR cohort 2014/15: 1 design-thinking projects with 1 corporate partners and 1 universities, 2 students named. - [Cohort 2012/13](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2012-13.md): SUGAR cohort 2012/13: 2 design-thinking projects with 2 corporate partners and 3 universities, 15 students named. - [Cohort 2011/12](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2011-12.md): SUGAR cohort 2011/12: 3 design-thinking projects with 3 corporate partners and 6 universities, 17 students named. - [Cohort 2010/11](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/cohort/2010-11.md): SUGAR cohort 2010/11: 2 design-thinking projects with 2 corporate partners and 4 universities, 16 students named. ## Projects - [BlueCore AI](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/bluecore-ai-2025-26.md): BlueCore AI (Deep Blue Foundation, 2025/26): Seafarers speak to an assistant that turns their words into structured operational records - [Custhome](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/custhome-2025-26.md): Custhome (Deep Blue Foundation, 2025/26): A Velcro-inspired patch lets crews rearrange the ship's recreational room themselves - [EGILA](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/egila-2025-26.md): EGILA (SAP, 2025/26): Software records why teams decided something, so AI agents act on that context - [Proxit](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/proxit-2025-26.md): Proxit (PAPREC, 2025/26): Tobacco shops buy back used nitrous oxide canisters and trigger collection pick-ups - [Takeda – Twinnie X A-Wake 2025/26](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/takeda-twinnie-x-a-wake-2025-26-2025-26.md): Takeda – Twinnie X A-Wake 2025/26 (Takeda, 2025/26): An AI mirror tracks skin changes daily and prepares a one-pager for the doctor - [BioNet](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/bionet-2024-25.md): BioNet (Intel Ireland, 2024/25): Farms turn agricultural waste into biogas that a shared network delivers to Intel - [Bonjour Living](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/bonjour-living-2024-25.md): Bonjour Living (Leonard (VINCI), 2024/25): Managed housing in four zones, from private flat to neighbourhood-facing spaces - [Crystal Box](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/crystal-box-2024-25.md): Crystal Box (Chair Supply Chain of the Future, 2024/25): Forecasters see why an AI prediction changed and add context the model lacks - [HUKKI](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/hukki-2024-25.md): HUKKI (HUK-Coburg, 2024/25): An AI assistant answers insurance queries and hands over to staff with full context - [LexConnect](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/lexconnect-2024-25.md): LexConnect (Haufe-Lexware, 2024/25): Small business owners are matched with peers facing the same challenge - [Player 0](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/player-0-2024-25.md): Player 0 (CEiiA, 2024/25): Football fans earn rewards for low-emission travel on match days - [SUGAR Companion](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/sugar-companion-2024-25.md): SUGAR Companion (GIZ, 2024/25): One Notion workspace gives new teaching teams every SUGAR tool, task and owner - [Volvo AI Assistant](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/volvo-ai-assistant-2024-25.md): Volvo AI Assistant (Volvo Construction Equipment, 2024/25): Operators fix simple machine faults themselves, guided by AI and the camera - [Adavise](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/adavise-2023-24.md): Adavise (Valeo, 2023/24): Cars teach drivers their assistance systems instead of hiding them in menus - [EMPOWER](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/empower-2023-24.md): EMPOWER (BVG, 2023/24): BVG staff learn low-code tools and automate their own processes - [InsightsOut](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/insightsout-2023-24.md): InsightsOut (ZEISS / ZKM, 2023/24): Museum exhibitions and public panels feed outside views into B2B innovation - [STEP](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/step-2023-24.md): STEP (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2023/24): One mobile kit maps every step of an international master student's studies - [The Volvo HS](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/the-volvo-hs-2023-24.md): The Volvo HS (Volvo Construction Equipment, 2023/24): Operators' daily check-ups become sensor data for predictive maintenance - [AeroAlarm – alarming system in aeroponic farming](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/aeroalarm-alarming-system-in-aeroponic-farming-2022-23.md): AeroAlarm – alarming system in aeroponic farming (Attract, 2022/23): Cameras in the root space warn aeroponic farmers before crops are lost - [d-kleep](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/d-kleep-2022-23.md): d-kleep (Omnicell, 2022/23): A clip-together pillbox and app help patients fill their own doses - [DriveAuto](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/driveauto-2022-23.md): DriveAuto (SEW Eurodrive, 2022/23): Technicians support customers by live video call instead of travelling on site - [InCosy](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/incosy-2022-23.md): InCosy (Diakonie Baden, 2022/23): Caregivers name daily problems at shift handover and get matching products suggested - [PowerPilot](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/powerpilot-2022-23.md): PowerPilot (GEA, 2022/23): Machine learning schedules industrial cooling by energy price, emissions or both - [Redesigning Beekeeping](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/redesigning-beekeeping-2022-23.md): Redesigning Beekeeping (Attract, 2022/23): A hive-entrance gateway lures varroa mites away while bees pass freely - [STEM finity](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/stem-finity-2022-23.md): STEM finity (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2022/23): A monthly box of story magazines and mini-gadgets shows children how things work - [STEP](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/step-2022-23.md): STEP (SUMMIT, 2022/23): Employees earn coins for green commutes while employers see their scope 3 emissions - [Tier X](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/tier-x-2022-23.md): Tier X (LBBW, 2022/23): Companies map their supply chain to the last supplier and see ESG risks - [UpSand](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/upsand-2022-23.md): UpSand (Edenred, 2022/23): Fleet drivers pay for fuel in an app that releases the pump after validation - [ARK-E](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/ark-e-2021-22.md): ARK-E (Osaka Gas Chemicals, 2021/22): A 3D-printed micro-mobility vehicle made from recyclable fluorene cellulose fibre - [CO/LAB](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/co-lab-2021-22.md): CO/LAB (Italian Institute of Technology, 2021/22): Companies simulate the artificial leaf in their own plant before they invest - [DAMU](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/damu-2021-22.md): DAMU (Medicas GmbH, 2021/22): Medical assistants on site support the examination while the doctor joins by video - [Harvia Flow](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/harvia-flow-2021-22.md): Harvia Flow (Harvia, 2021/22): An infrared warm-up station brings sauna heat into the gym before training - [Knock](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/knock-2021-22.md): Knock (Nestlé, 2021/22): Colleagues see who is free, and where, then knock for a call - [MicroBooster](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/microbooster-2021-22.md): MicroBooster (CRIF, 2021/22): Banks suggest growth moves to micro-entrepreneurs from data they already hold - [Sellable](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/sellable-2021-22.md): Sellable (VNTR, 2021/22): Investors buy a share of a video's future ad revenue at auction - [SPOD Connect](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/spod-connect-2021-22.md): SPOD Connect (SUMMIT, 2021/22): Small electric pods join a driver-led train along a shared spine - [Beamm](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/beamm-2020-21.md): Beamm (Saint-Gobain, 2020/21): A portable frame with self-centring tyre targets calibrates windshield cameras at customers - [Center Piece](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/center-piece-2020-21.md): Center Piece (Badisches Landesmuseum, 2020/21): Citizens and the museum co-create online courses from the museum's collection - [ESGo](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/esgo-2020-21.md): ESGo (CRIF, 2020/21): Scan any product to see its maker's environmental, social and governance score - [Knowstlé](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/knowstle-2020-21.md): Knowstlé (Nestlé, 2020/21): A browser plugin turns bookmarks into matches with similar Nestlé projects and experts - [Mogii](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/mogii-2020-21.md): Mogii (NKC Nakanishi Metal Works, 2020/21): A portable device cold-smokes food at camp between -10 and 10 °C - [Nosta](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/nosta-2020-21.md): Nosta (Plan International, 2020/21): An algorithm groups migrant students every two weeks to learn Finnish through games - [Psokey](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/psokey-2020-21.md): Psokey (UCB, 2020/21): Patients log symptoms in an app; dermatologists open a summary with a code - [SuaFazenda](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/suafazenda-2020-21.md): SuaFazenda (Fazenda Cubo, 2020/21): Hydroponic mini-farms in apartment buildings grow greens residents order by app - [SwiEasy](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/swieasy-2020-21.md): SwiEasy (PostFinance, 2020/21): International transfers without opening an account, with costs shown upfront and live tracking - [Vigia](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/vigia-2020-21.md): Vigia (Saint-Gobain, 2020/21): One mobile app runs stock, scheduling and customer records for small glass repair centres - [COEX](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/coex-2019-20.md): COEX (IMA, 2019/20): Operators and cobots signal position and intent to each other in both directions - [COMPASS](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/compass-2019-20.md): COMPASS (PostFinance, 2019/20): Green purchases earn cheers that users give to local sustainable start-up projects - [Daisy](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/daisy-2019-20.md): Daisy (Medicover Stomatologia, 2019/20): A countertop saliva test flags caries and gum-disease risk at home - [Daodad](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/daodad-2019-20.md): Daodad (UCB, 2019/20): GPs book urgent specialist slots and peer advice through one secure platform - [Frio - Smart fridge system for hotels](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/frio-smart-fridge-system-for-hotels-2019-20.md): Frio - Smart fridge system for hotels (NKC Nakanishi Metal Works, 2019/20): A slimmer hotel minibar switches itself on and off with guest bookings - [Fuel](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/fuel-2019-20.md): Fuel (Sanofi Genzyme Italy, 2019/20): Eye blinking and heart rate are used to predict fatigue before it strikes - [Habitual](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/habitual-2019-20.md): Habitual (Takeda, 2019/20): People with narcolepsy track symptoms their way and bring the patterns to their doctor - [IRIS](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/iris-2019-20.md): IRIS (BMW Group, 2019/20): A clip-on camera and sensor kit lets planners diagnose machine errors remotely - [Kansroo](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/kansroo-2019-20.md): Kansroo (Yanmar, 2019/20): A small robot drives the furrows, checks crops and reports to the farmer's phone - [Lerny](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/lerny-2019-20.md): Lerny (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, 2019/20): Short digital courses, phone-call lessons and company sponsors widen access to higher education - [ModuleM](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/modulem-2019-20.md): ModuleM (Trinity Teaching and Learning, 2019/20): Lecturers see each module's real student workload on one visual map - [Shouhu](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/shouhu-2019-20.md): Shouhu (Georg Fischer, 2019/20): A web app tells park operators which wastewater streams to mix to save chemicals - [UiN by Lipor](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/uin-by-lipor-2019-20.md): UiN by Lipor (Lipor, 2019/20): Tagged biowaste bins reward households with points for sorting food waste - [Volyymi](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/volyymi-2019-20.md): Volyymi (Enable Ireland, 2019/20): A clip-on sensor tells catheter users how full their bag is in real time - [allberto](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/allberto-2018-19.md): allberto (Generali, 2018/19): People who outsource chores meet people who do them, with Generali insurance built in - [Circuit](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/circuit-2018-19.md): Circuit (Porsche, 2018/19): One click plans an electric road trip, including restaurants and charging stops - [desyre](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/desyre-2018-19.md): desyre (PostFinance, 2018/19): One retirement app covers all three Swiss pillars, from hands-off saving to full control - [DIGITAL Mechadigital solutions](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/digital-mechadigital-solutions-2018-19.md): DIGITAL Mechadigital solutions (Poggipolini, 2018/19): Sensor bolts on roller coasters report vibration and loosening straight to a technician's tablet - [Flink](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/flink-2018-19.md): Flink (SBB, 2018/19): One personal dashboard brings together mobility information across Swiss transport modes - [FloWaste](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/flowaste-2018-19.md): FloWaste (FoodCloud, 2018/19): Computer vision records what comes back on plates, per diner and dish - [Nu-tan](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/nu-tan-2018-19.md): Nu-tan (Yanmar, 2018/19): One electric-assisted tool dispenses and spreads soil supplements along a crop bed - [Orangeworks](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/orangeworks-2018-19.md): Orangeworks (Orangeworks, 2018/19): An interactive office desk turns team building into short daily breaks - [RESTART](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/restart-2018-19.md): RESTART (GIZ, 2018/19): Reintegration support starts in Germany, with a printed guide and a personal buddy - [Safe Space](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/safe-space-2018-19.md): Safe Space (Valeo, 2018/19): Bikes and buses carry sensors that warn each other before they get too close - [WAVE](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/wave-2018-19.md): WAVE (OSRAM, 2018/19): LED light patterns mirror the car's speed to reduce motion sickness while reading - [ANA tomo](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/ana-tomo-2017-18.md): ANA tomo (All Nippon Airways, 2017/18): A handheld device guides older passengers to their gate with simple arrows - [BIBO](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/bibo-2017-18.md): BIBO (iSoftStone, 2017/18): A spherical pet robot that owners train like a real pet, with rewards - [Flip](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/flip-2017-18.md): Flip (SONAE MC, 2017/18): A personal shopping cart that slides into the car boot in one movement - [Helvetia](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/helvetia-2017-18.md): Helvetia (Helvetia, 2017/18): Five questions produce a personal step-by-step timeline for moving to Switzerland - [Infini](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/infini-2017-18.md): Infini (Triwool, 2017/18): Yarn blending bioplastic with leftover cotton replaces fossil fibres in knitwear - [Multiple Futures](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/multiple-futures-2017-18.md): Multiple Futures (Merck, 2017/18): A wearable, patient app and data service let people with MS feed research - [Plan&See](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/plan-and-see-2017-18.md): Plan&See (Plansee Group, 2017/18): A chatbot sorts customer prototype requests and connects them straight to the right expert - [E3 Future Learning Environment](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/e3-future-learning-environment-2016-17.md): E3 Future Learning Environment (E3 Project TCD, 2016/17): Student ambassadors run bookable smart rooms, paid for with an earned virtual currency - [Floor in motion](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/floor-in-motion-2016-17.md): Floor in motion (Tarkett, 2016/17): Fall-detecting floors send live alerts to a tablet on the caretaker's cart - [Kintsugi](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/kintsugi-2016-17.md): Kintsugi (Yanmar, 2016/17): An automated station distributes food portions, goods and information after earthquakes - [Renoru](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/renoru-2016-17.md): Renoru (Renault, 2016/17): Infrared cameras check driverless shared cars for dirt and forgotten items after each ride - [Touch to ‘See’](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/touch-to-see-2016-17.md): Touch to ‘See’ (iSoftStone, 2016/17): AI captions any picture and prints it as a touchable image for blind people - [Wheebo](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/wheebo-2016-17.md): Wheebo (Yanmar, 2016/17): A round jet-powered platform that novices steer by shifting their body weight - [Abbi - Patient Support Service for the Chronically Ill](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/abbi-patient-support-service-for-the-chronically-ill-2015-16.md): Abbi - Patient Support Service for the Chronically Ill (Merck, 2015/16): A chatbot in everyday chat apps suggests exercises for people with MS - [Fairshare](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/fairshare-2015-16.md): Fairshare (Haufe-Lexware, 2015/16): Small businesses lend and borrow equipment, with insurance and payment built in - [Zäme](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/zaeme-2015-16.md): Zäme (Helvetia, 2015/16): One app lets flatmates split costs, share accounts and insure the flat per person - [waytoB](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/waytob-2014-15.md): waytoB (Trinity Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation, 2014/15): Picture-based turn-by-turn directions on a smartwatch help people with intellectual disabilities travel alone - [Domus Sapiens platform](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/domus-sapiens-platform-2012-13.md): Domus Sapiens platform (eFM, 2012/13): Home sensors detect faults and call the right service provider straight away - [Music Blox](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/music-blox-2012-13.md): Music Blox (Carvajal, 2012/13): A music tool trains children's creativity through hearing, touch, sight and body movement - [Agora](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/agora-2011-12.md): Agora (Panasonic, 2011/12): Two back-to-back screens on the coffee table let viewers face each other - [Flemo](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/flemo-2011-12.md): Flemo (AUDI, 2011/12): Owners share their car only with circles of people they trust, on their terms - [Pulse](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/pulse-2011-12.md): Pulse (Rovio Entertainment, 2011/12): A photo starts a sponsored event, so brands add to experiences instead of interrupting - [Airport 2040](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/airport-2040-2010-11.md): Airport 2040 (EADS, 2010/11): Personal shuttles handle check-in, identity checks and baggage on the way to the plane - [TUPA](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/projects/tupa-2010-11.md): TUPA (UPM, 2010/11): One plywood piece converts from rocking crib to table, chairs and toy box ## Universities - [Aalto University · Design Factory](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/aalto.md): Aalto University · Design Factory (Espoo, Finland): 12 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2010–2022), 40 students named. - [Blekinge Institute of Technology](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/bth.md): Blekinge Institute of Technology (Karlskrona, Sweden): 2 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2023–2024), 7 students named. - [d.school Paris · École des Ponts](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/dschool-paris.md): d.school Paris · École des Ponts (Paris, France): 16 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2010–2025), 58 students named. - [Design Factory Melbourne · Swinburne](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/dfm.md): Design Factory Melbourne · Swinburne (Melbourne, Australia): 9 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2016–2021), 27 students named. - [Hasso Plattner Institute](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/hpi.md): Hasso Plattner Institute (Potsdam, Germany): 21 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2010–2025), 67 students named. - [Hochschule Mannheim · InnoSpace](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/hs-mannheim.md): Hochschule Mannheim · InnoSpace (Mannheim, Germany): 3 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2018–2022), 12 students named. - [ISDI School of Design & Innovation](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/isdi.md): ISDI School of Design & Innovation (Mumbai, India): 3 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2021–2025), 12 students named. - [Karlsruhe Institute of Technology](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/kit.md): Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Karlsruhe, Germany): 11 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2018–2024), 38 students named. - [Kyoto Institute of Technology](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/kyoto-it.md): Kyoto Institute of Technology (Kyoto, Japan): 16 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2010–2021), 55 students named. - [Linköping University](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/liu.md): Linköping University (Linköping, Sweden): 3 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2018–2022), 9 students named. - [NTNU · TrollLABS](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/ntnu.md): NTNU · TrollLABS (Trondheim, Norway): 1 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2016), 4 students named. - [Politecnico di Milano](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/polimi.md): Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy): 2 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2019), 6 students named. - [Pontificia Universidad Javeriana](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/javeriana.md): Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Cali, Colombia): 4 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2012–2022), 16 students named. - [Porto Design Factory](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/porto.md): Porto Design Factory (Porto, Portugal): 6 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2017–2024), 18 students named. - [San Francisco State University](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/sfsu.md): San Francisco State University (San Francisco, USA): 1 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2025), 3 students named. - [Strathmore University](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/strathmore.md): Strathmore University (Nairobi, Kenya): 1 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2024), 2 students named. - [Tongji University · D&I](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/tongji.md): Tongji University · D&I (Shanghai, China): 2 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2019–2023), 6 students named. - [Trinity College Dublin](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/tcd.md): Trinity College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland): 13 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2014–2024), 46 students named. - [University of Bologna · Almacube](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/unibo.md): University of Bologna · Almacube (Bologna, Italy): 8 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2018–2024), 29 students named. - [University of Modena and Reggio Emilia](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/unimore.md): University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Modena, Italy): 6 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2011–2020), 19 students named. - [University of Science and Technology of China](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/ustc.md): University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei, China): 3 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2016–2025), 13 students named. - [University of São Paulo](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/usp.md): University of São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil): 11 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2018–2024), 34 students named. - [Université Côte d’Azur](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/uca.md): Université Côte d’Azur (Nice, France): 2 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2021–2022), 7 students named. - [Warsaw University of Technology](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/pw.md): Warsaw University of Technology (Warsaw, Poland): 2 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2019–2020), 6 students named. - [Anhui University](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/anhui.md): Anhui University (Hefei, China): 2 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2017–2025), 3 students named. - [Hefei University of Technology](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/hfut.md): Hefei University of Technology (Hefei, China): 1 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2025), 1 students named. - [Insper](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/insper.md): Insper (São Paulo, Brazil): 1 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2024), 2 students named. - [Kansai University](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/kansai.md): Kansai University (Japan): 1 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2019), 1 students named. - [Kyoto University of Art and Design](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/kyoto-uad.md): Kyoto University of Art and Design (Kyoto, Japan): 1 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2017), 1 students named. - [Technical University of Munich](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/tum.md): Technical University of Munich (Munich, Germany): 1 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2018), 5 students named. - [University of Potsdam](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/uni-potsdam.md): University of Potsdam (Potsdam, Germany): 1 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2020), 1 students named. - [University of St. Gallen](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/hsg.md): University of St. Gallen (St. Gallen, Switzerland): 12 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2011–2021), 35 students named. - [University of Zurich](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/universities/uzh.md): University of Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland): 2 SUGAR projects with corporate partners (2015), 2 students named. ## Corporate partners - [All Nippon Airways](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/all-nippon-airways.md): All Nippon Airways as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2017) with master-student teams from 3 universities, 8 students named. - [Attract](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/attract.md): Attract as SUGAR corporate partner: 2 projects (2022) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 11 students named. - [AUDI](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/audi.md): AUDI as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2011) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 0 students named. - [Badisches Landesmuseum](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/badisches-landesmuseum.md): Badisches Landesmuseum as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2020) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 7 students named. - [BMW Group](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/bmw-group.md): BMW Group as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2019) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 7 students named. - [BVG](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/bvg.md): BVG as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2023) with master-student teams from 1 universities, 4 students named. - [Carvajal](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/carvajal.md): Carvajal as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2012) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 7 students named. - [CEiiA](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/ceiia.md): CEiiA as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2024) with master-student teams from 3 universities, 6 students named. - [Chair Supply Chain of the Future](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/chair-supply-chain-of-the-future.md): Chair Supply Chain of the Future as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2024) with master-student teams from 1 universities, 4 students named. - [CRIF](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/crif.md): CRIF as SUGAR corporate partner: 2 projects (2020–2021) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 15 students named. - [Deep Blue Foundation](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/deep-blue-foundation.md): Deep Blue Foundation as SUGAR corporate partner: 2 projects (2025) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 9 students named. - [Diakonie Baden](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/diakonie-baden.md): Diakonie Baden as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2022) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 8 students named. - [E3 Project TCD](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/e3-project-tcd.md): E3 Project TCD as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2016) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 8 students named. - [EADS](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/eads.md): EADS as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2010) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 8 students named. - [Edenred](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/edenred.md): Edenred as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2022) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 6 students named. - [eFM](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/efm.md): eFM as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2012) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 8 students named. - [Enable Ireland](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/enable-ireland.md): Enable Ireland as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2019) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 6 students named. - [Fazenda Cubo](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/fazenda-cubo.md): Fazenda Cubo as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2020) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 7 students named. - [FoodCloud](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/foodcloud.md): FoodCloud as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2018) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 8 students named. - [GEA](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/gea.md): GEA as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2022) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 8 students named. - [Generali](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/generali.md): Generali as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2018) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 6 students named. - [Georg Fischer](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/georg-fischer.md): Georg Fischer as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2019) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 6 students named. - [GIZ](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/giz.md): GIZ as SUGAR corporate partner: 2 projects (2018–2024) with master-student teams from 3 universities, 8 students named. - [Harvia](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/harvia.md): Harvia as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2021) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 8 students named. - [Haufe-Lexware](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/haufe-lexware.md): Haufe-Lexware as SUGAR corporate partner: 2 projects (2015–2024) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 6 students named. - [Helvetia](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/helvetia.md): Helvetia as SUGAR corporate partner: 2 projects (2015–2017) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 4 students named. - [HUK-Coburg](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/huk-coburg.md): HUK-Coburg as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2024) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 7 students named. - [IMA](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/ima.md): IMA as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2019) with master-student teams from 1 universities, 8 students named. - [Intel Ireland](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/intel-ireland.md): Intel Ireland as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2024) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 7 students named. - [iSoftStone](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/isoftstone.md): iSoftStone as SUGAR corporate partner: 2 projects (2016–2017) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 11 students named. - [Italian Institute of Technology](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/italian-institute-of-technology.md): Italian Institute of Technology as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2021) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 6 students named. - [Karlsruhe Institute of Technology](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/karlsruhe-institute-of-technology.md): Karlsruhe Institute of Technology as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2023) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 7 students named. - [LBBW](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/lbbw.md): LBBW as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2022) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 8 students named. - [Leonard (VINCI)](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/leonard-vinci.md): Leonard (VINCI) as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2024) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 8 students named. - [Lipor](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/lipor.md): Lipor as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2019) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 3 students named. - [Medicas GmbH](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/medicas-gmbh.md): Medicas GmbH as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2021) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 7 students named. - [Medicover Stomatologia](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/medicover-stomatologia.md): Medicover Stomatologia as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2019) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 6 students named. - [Merck](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/merck.md): Merck as SUGAR corporate partner: 2 projects (2015–2017) with master-student teams from 4 universities, 12 students named. - [Nestlé](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/nestle.md): Nestlé as SUGAR corporate partner: 2 projects (2020–2021) with master-student teams from 3 universities, 13 students named. - [NKC Nakanishi Metal Works](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/nkc-nakanishi-metal-works.md): NKC Nakanishi Metal Works as SUGAR corporate partner: 2 projects (2019–2020) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 14 students named. - [Omnicell](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/omnicell.md): Omnicell as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2022) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 6 students named. - [Orangeworks](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/orangeworks.md): Orangeworks as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2018) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 8 students named. - [Osaka Gas Chemicals](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/osaka-gas-chemicals.md): Osaka Gas Chemicals as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2021) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 7 students named. - [OSRAM](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/osram.md): OSRAM as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2018) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 8 students named. - [Panasonic](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/panasonic.md): Panasonic as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2011) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 7 students named. - [PAPREC](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/paprec.md): PAPREC as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2025) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 7 students named. - [Plan International](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/plan-international.md): Plan International as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2020) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 7 students named. - [Plansee Group](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/plansee-group.md): Plansee Group as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2017) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 6 students named. - [Poggipolini](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/poggipolini.md): Poggipolini as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2018) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 7 students named. - [Pontificia Universidad Javeriana](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/pontificia-universidad-javeriana.md): Pontificia Universidad Javeriana as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2022) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 8 students named. - [Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/pontificia-universidad-javeriana-cali.md): Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2019) with master-student teams from 1 universities, 4 students named. - [Porsche](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/porsche.md): Porsche as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2018) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 8 students named. - [PostFinance](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/postfinance.md): PostFinance as SUGAR corporate partner: 3 projects (2018–2020) with master-student teams from 4 universities, 14 students named. - [Renault](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/renault.md): Renault as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2016) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 7 students named. - [Rovio Entertainment](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/rovio-entertainment.md): Rovio Entertainment as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2011) with master-student teams from 3 universities, 10 students named. - [Saint-Gobain](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/saint-gobain.md): Saint-Gobain as SUGAR corporate partner: 2 projects (2020) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 7 students named. - [Sanofi Genzyme Italy](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/sanofi-genzyme-italy.md): Sanofi Genzyme Italy as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2019) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 7 students named. - [SAP](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/sap.md): SAP as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2025) with master-student teams from 1 universities, 4 students named. - [SBB](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/sbb.md): SBB as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2018) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 6 students named. - [SEW Eurodrive](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/sew-eurodrive.md): SEW Eurodrive as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2022) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 8 students named. - [SONAE MC](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/sonae-mc.md): SONAE MC as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2017) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 6 students named. - [SUMMIT](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/summit.md): SUMMIT as SUGAR corporate partner: 2 projects (2021–2022) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 13 students named. - [Takeda](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/takeda.md): Takeda as SUGAR corporate partner: 2 projects (2019–2025) with master-student teams from 5 universities, 15 students named. - [Tarkett](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/tarkett.md): Tarkett as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2016) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 7 students named. - [Trinity Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/trinity-centre-for-practice-and-healthcare-innovation.md): Trinity Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2014) with master-student teams from 1 universities, 2 students named. - [Trinity Teaching and Learning](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/trinity-teaching-and-learning.md): Trinity Teaching and Learning as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2019) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 8 students named. - [Triwool](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/triwool.md): Triwool as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2017) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 6 students named. - [UCB](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/ucb.md): UCB as SUGAR corporate partner: 2 projects (2019–2020) with master-student teams from 3 universities, 14 students named. - [UPM](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/upm.md): UPM as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2010) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 8 students named. - [Valeo](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/valeo.md): Valeo as SUGAR corporate partner: 2 projects (2018–2023) with master-student teams from 3 universities, 16 students named. - [VNTR](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/vntr.md): VNTR as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2021) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 5 students named. - [Volvo Construction Equipment](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/volvo-construction-equipment.md): Volvo Construction Equipment as SUGAR corporate partner: 2 projects (2023–2024) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 13 students named. - [Yanmar](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/yanmar.md): Yanmar as SUGAR corporate partner: 4 projects (2016–2019) with master-student teams from 4 universities, 26 students named. - [ZEISS / ZKM](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/network/partners/zeiss-zkm.md): ZEISS / ZKM as SUGAR corporate partner: 1 projects (2023) with master-student teams from 2 universities, 7 students named. ## Events - [SUGAR Expo 2026 in Palo Alto](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-expo-2026-in-palo-alto.md): 5 international, interdisciplinary student teams pitch & present the results of 9 intense months of work. Be part of this special event & celebrate with us. - [SUGAR Expo 2025 in San Francisco](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-expo-2025-in-san-francisco.md): 11 international, interdisciplinary student teams pitch & present the results of 9 intense months of work. Be part of this special event & celebrate with us. - [SUGAR Expo 2024 in Kyoto](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-expo-2024-in-kyoto.md): 7 international, interdisciplinary student teams pitch & present the results of 9 intense months of work. Be part of this special event & celebrate with us. - [SUGAR Expo 23 at SAP, Palo Alto](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-expo-23-at-sap-palo-alto.md): 11 international, interdisciplinary student teams pitch & present the results of 9 intense months. Be part of this special event & celebrate with us. Registrati - [SUGAR Expo 2021/22 in San Francisco](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-expo-2021-22-in-san-francisco.md): Have the chance to see the results of 9 months work in form of a viable, feasible, and desirable prototype. A day filled with pitches, booths, and networking wi - [SUGAR Research Consortium](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-research-consortium.md): Learn about Computational Modelling and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and publish your paper in journals and conferences with our group of experts. App - [9th SUGAR/DFGN Bar on surviving hybrid](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/9th-sugar-dfgn-bar-on-surviving-hybrid.md): 9th SUGAR/DFGN Bar on surviving hybrid - [8th SUGAR Bar on innovation in countries](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/8th-sugar-bar-on-innovation-in-countries.md): Jukka Pekka, an innovation scholar activist, has a rich experience of design thinking project in challenged countries like Lebanon, Korea and other places. - [7th SUGAR Bar as lean coffee session](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/7th-sugar-bar-as-lean-coffee-session.md): Bring your current career/work challenges & be ready to share what has worked for you in the past! - [SUGAR Global Cloud Kick Off 2021](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-global-cloud-kick-off-2021.md): We kicked off into a new SUGAR Batch with 18 projects! See the pictures now! - [6th SUGAR Bar on failures](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/6th-sugar-bar-on-failures.md): 6th SUGAR Bar on failures - [SUGAR+ Final presentation in Kyoto](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-final-presentation-in-kyoto.md): Kyoto Institute of Technology is inviting to the local final presentation “New camping experience utilizing ‘cooling'” with NKC/KAIMEN and “Sensing and preventi - [5th SUGAR Bar on planet centric design](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/5th-sugar-bar-on-planet-centric-design.md): In a panel discussion, our alumni ambassadors Nur and Jussi will welcome experts on planet centric design. - [SUGAR Expo Cloud 2021](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-expo-cloud-2021.md): Responsible innovation has been taught for 9 months. Now the students present their solutions. We have several keynotes and talks around innovation as well! - [4th SUGAR Bar talks with Julien Mauroy](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/4th-sugar-bar-talks-with-julien-mauroy.md): 2 SUGAR Alumni ambassadors will interview head of innovation at Colgate, Julien Mauroy about his journey around the world. - [3rd SUGAR Bar Talks with Marcel van Eeden](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/3rd-sugar-bar-talks-with-marcel-van-eeden.md): At our third virtual Alumni get-together, our bartender Niels Feldmann, Christine Thong and Renee Wever will interview world known dutch artist Marcel van Eeden - [*For free* 2nd SUGAR Bar Talks with Alumni](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/for-free-2nd-sugar-bar-talks-with-alumni.md): At our 2nd virtual Alumni get-together, our bartender Niels Feldmann will reconnect with SUGAR Alumni what happened after the course. - [SUGAR Global Cloud Kick Off 2020](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-global-cloud-kick-off-2020.md): The Global Kick Off creates momentum for the projects to start their 9 months journey in developing solutions to wicked challenges whilst using design thinking. - [*For free* SUGAR Bar Talks for Alumni](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/for-free-sugar-bar-talks-for-alumni.md): At our first virtual Alumni get-together, our bartender Niels Feldmann will interview book author Michael Lewrick on tools and his recent book publication that - [SUGAR EXPO Cloud '20](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-expo-cloud-20.md): The SUGAR Expo Cloud will showcase the innovation outcomes of more than 25 teams from all over the world. Get fascinated by solutions for BMW, Generali, Postfin - [SUGAR+ Winter Presentations Javeriana '20](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-winter-presentations-javeriana-20.md): SUGAR+ Winter Presentations Javeriana '20 - [SUGAR+ Winter Presentations Karlsruhe '20](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-winter-presentations-karlsruhe-20.md): SUGAR+ Winter Presentations Karlsruhe '20 - [SUGAR+ Winter Presentations Bologna '20](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-winter-presentations-bologna-20.md): SUGAR+ Winter Presentations Bologna '20 - [SUGAR+ Winter Presentation Paris'20](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-winter-presentation-paris-20.md): SUGAR+ Winter Presentation Paris'20 - [SUGAR+ Fall Presentation Paris'19](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-fall-presentation-paris-19.md): SUGAR+ Fall Presentation Paris'19 - [SUGAR+ Fall Presentation Bologna '19](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-fall-presentation-bologna-19.md): SUGAR+ Fall Presentation Bologna '19 - [SUGAR GKO China '19](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-gko-china-19.md): SUGAR GKO China '19 - [SUGAR+ Final Presentations Rorschach '19](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-final-presentations-rorschach-19.md): 15 teams from five universities will present their final projects after working a whole academic year together. Our students pushed innovation to the limits whi - [SUGAR EXPO San Francisco '19](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-expo-san-francisco-19.md): SUGAR EXPO San Francisco '19 - [SUGAR+ Winter Presentation Karlsruhe '19](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-winter-presentation-karlsruhe-19.md): As part of the Design Thinking Program the students will be presenting their intermediate results this time in Karlsruhe. This is the last big opportunity to ev - [SUGAR+ Fall Presentations Potsdam '19](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-fall-presentations-potsdam-19.md): SUGAR+ Fall Presentations Potsdam '19 - [SUGAR+ Fall Presentation St.Gallen '18](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-fall-presentation-st-gallen-18.md): After a great start and an amazing SUGAR China event, uur design thinking teams are ready to present their first results of their projects. The students have pu - [SUGAR GKO China '18](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-gko-china-18.md): SUGAR GKO China '18 - [SUGAR+ Final Presentations St. Gallen '18](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-final-presentations-st-gallen-18.md): 14 teams from five universities will present their final projects after working a whole academic year together. Our students pushed innovation to the limits whi - [SUGAR EXPO San Francisco '18](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-expo-san-francisco-18.md): The SUGAR Expo is a unique opportunity to take a sneak peek at the future of innovation, and meet with students, faculty, and industry. - [SUGAR GKO in Porto 2024/25](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-gko-in-porto-2024-25.md): The Global Kick-Off brings all the participating universities and students together to create a momentum to kickstart into the new course year and create a work - [SUGAR GKO in Bologna 2023/24](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-gko-in-bologna-2023-24.md): The Global Kick-Off brings all the participating universities and students together to create a momentum to kickstart into the new course year and create a work - [SUGAR GKO in Dublin 2022/23](https://www.sugar-network.org/en/events/sugar-gko-in-dublin-2022-23.md): The Global Kick-Off brings all the participating universities and students together to create momentum to kickstart into the new course year and create a workin ## Optional - [Full text of all pages](https://www.sugar-network.org/llms-full.txt): every page as Markdown in one file - [Sitemap](https://www.sugar-network.org/sitemap-index.xml)