SMART To Present At Upcoming Investor Conferences

CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 5, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SMART Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:SMT) (TSX:SMA), a leading provider of collaboration solutions, today announced that Nancy Knowlton, President and CEO, is scheduled to present at the following investor conferences in January:

• 13th Annual Needham Growth Conference, New York, NY

Presentation: Tuesday, January 11, 2011, at 10:40 a.m. ET

• CIBC 2011 Whistler Institutional Investor Conference, Whistler, BC

Presentation: Thursday, January 20, 2011, at 8:35 a.m. PT

A live webcast, and replay, of both presentations will be available at http://investor.smarttech.com/events.cfm .

About SMART

SMART Technologies is a leading provider of collaboration solutions that transform the way the world works and learns. We believe that collaboration and interaction should be easy. As the global leader in interactive whiteboards, we bring more than two decades of collaboration research and development to a broad range of easy-to-use, integrated solutions that free people from their desks and computer screens, so collaborating and learning with digital resources are more natural.

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© 2011 SMART Technologies. The SMART logo and smarttech are trademarks or registered trademarks of SMART Technologies in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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CONTACT: SMART Technologies
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