Edna Pasher

Dr. Edna Pasher was born and lives in Tel-Aviv. She is a researcher and consultant specializing in Strategy, Change, Knowledge and Innovation Management and in Intellectual Capital measurement and development. Her firm focuses on Knowledge Based Development of organizations, cities and regions and is involved in R&D projects as a partner in cosortia with universities and industries mostly in Europe focusing on studying and developing the interface between technology and society - a passion she has had since she studied with the late Prof. Neil Postman in the Media Ecology program at NYU in the 70s.

Edna Pasher earned her Ph.D at New York University in Communication Arts and Sciences and has served as faculty member at Adelphi University, the City University of New York, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Tel-Aviv University, where she is still teaching interpersonal communications. Edna founded EPA as an international strategic management consulting firm in 1978. The firm provides customized consulting services to organizations both in the private and the public sectors. Dr. Pasher has been a pioneer and leader of the innovation and knowledge management movement in Israel and an active member of the international community of the KM and IC pioneers. She has over 30 years of experience in regional and international ICT projects using a variety of evaluation methodologies, modelling techniques, quantitative and qualitative analysis. Edna is the Founding partner (since 1991) of the Israeli management and strategy magazine "Status".

Dr. Pasher is a frequent speaker in local and international conferences. She is currently the chair of the local organizing committee for the 4th Knolwedge Cities World Summit to take place Nov 14-17 2011 in Israel.