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The Épica Foundation participated in IEEE Quantum Week 2025 as part of the panel "Expanding the Quantum Toolkit: Transdisciplinary Catalysis for Application Discovery," an international forum for reflection on the current limits of application development in quantum computing. The panel, moderated by Matis Bilkis (Computer Vision Center), brought together researchers from physics, engineering, education, and art to discuss the so-called application bottleneck — the gap between the rapid advancement of quantum hardware and the limited diversity of algorithms and real-world use cases.

Representing the Foundation, Fran Iglesias presented the need to go beyond exclusively STEM-based approaches, arguing that many truly innovative applications could emerge from unexpected intersections between science, art, technology, and society. In his specific contribution, Fran Iglesias introduced the transdisciplinary agenda of the Épica La Fura dels Baus Foundation. His presentation underscored the role of culture, education, and creativity as key tools for democratizing scientific knowledge and steering technological development toward more inclusive, critical, and socially relevant models.