"G.A.C. Group was a true partner for the duration of the study, and this partnership is not yet over. [...] To really develop this sector, we need methodology, we need skills, we need everything that G.A.C. Group has brought us."
Occitanie Economic Development Agency (AD'OCC) is the regional organization dedicated to accompanying and supporting the region's economic development. Working closely with economic and institutional players, AD'OCC is committed to enhancing the attractiveness of the region and boosting local employment. A true strategic lever, AD'OCC works to boost the competitiveness and innovation of regional companies. As part of this dynamic, the agency successfully responded to a call for projects from the France 2030 plan, entitled Maison du Quantique (MQO). This ambitious initiative aims to structure and develop the quantum industry, thus affirming the region's determination to be at the cutting edge of future technologies.
AD'OCC issues
Identify the applications of quantum computing in the region, so that we can make recommendations on the support services offered by the Maison du Quantique Occitanie.
Accompanying G.A.C. Group
The Agence de Développement Économique d'Occitanie has been working with G.A.C. Group on innovation strategy issues since 2025.
Solutions provided by G.A.C. Group
Framing issues and expectations at the kick-off meeting
Analysis of the state of the art and identification of regional use cases thanks to the ideXlab open innovation platform
Field survey interviews and distribution of a questionnaire to quantum industry players
Recommendations on the value proposition of the Maison du Quantique Occitanie, based on the level of development of the sector in the region and the potential uses identified.
What were the results?
- State of the art in the development of quantum computing
- Identify some relevant use cases launch the MQO
- Diagnosis of the level of maturity of the regional ecosystem
- Map of players likely to be supported by the Maison du Quantique Occitanie
- Development of a value proposition for the Maison du Quantique Occitanie, tailored to the region's specific features and needs.
Transposing the study :
A rigorous, reproducible analysis method that can be applied to any other technical or scientific sector study.
Customer testimonial
The feedback from Franck BERTHUAD'OCC
Hello, I'm Franck Berthu, Head of Innovation at AD'OCC, the economic development agency for the Occitanie region.
We have two main missions: to support companies in their digital transformation, and the second, which concerns us today, is the development of the quantum industry in Occitanie.
I've been doing this mission in particular in the development of the sector since 2018.
We knew G.A.C. Group by reputation in the innovation ecosystem, through research and other services for other sectors.
But it's rather as part of our drive to structure the quantum industry in Occitanie that we called on G.A.C. Group, notably for the skills they were able to bring together to respond to this study of the quantum industry - which isn't easy to find today, to find skills in quantum - but also for the feedback you had in the sector studies, and also your presence in the Occitanie region, which made a decisive choice.
We needed strategic support to help us better understand the stakes involved in the development of quantum computing, and to identify concrete use cases for companies and laboratories in our regional sectors.
The aim of our requirement was really to provide a roadmap for the Maison du Quantique, with a territorial and operational approach.
The benefits of G.A.C. Group's support were essentially to provide us with a clear analysis of the region's positioning, to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the ecosystem, to contribute its methodology for identifying strengths and weaknesses, and also to help us identify concrete use cases.
It was very important.
Secondly - and by no means least - given the current state of the industry, i.e. its emergence, is G.A.C. Group's ability to mobilize the right players and translate scientific issues into economic levers, to remain pragmatic for our stakeholders: manufacturers, scientists and public policy-makers.
Structuring, committed and operational.
Yes, without hesitation.
G.A.C. Group was a true partner for the duration of the study, and I don't think the partnership is over yet.
G.A.C. Group is a long-term partner.
To really develop this sector, we need methodology, we need skills, we need everything you've given us.
