Dr Carles CASAS ESPLUGAS

Dr Casas Esplugas is a Civil Engineer that obtained his PhD at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). He is currently the Head of Strategic Planning and Prospective at Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, FGC. He is also the advisor to the Director-General. Among other duties, Dr. Casas Esplugas is in charge of international benchmarking and strategic business analysis.
He is currently chairman of the Toprail group within the International Union of Railways, devoted to tourism and rail.
Dr. Casas Esplugas is also, since 2006,  assistant professor at the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria de Camins Canals i Ports at the Railways Section. He teaches courses both at the Civil Engineering Degree and the Master on Transport and Supply Chain Management among other collaborations.
Previously to joining FGC, Dr. Casas Esplugas has been researcher and Railways Projects Manager at the Center for Innovation in Transport (CENIT), advisor to the Association of Municipalities with Urban Transport (AMTU) and Planning Engineer at Infraestructures Ferroviàries de Catalunya, Ifercat.
Dr. Casas Esplugas is the author of several papers and more than 30 communications to national and international conferences.