CALGARY, Alberta - January 3, 2012 - SMART Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:SMT) (TSX:SMA), a leading provider of collaboration solutions, today announced that Nancy Knowlton, President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at the 14th Annual Needham Growth Conference in New York, NY.

The SMART presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at 10:40 a.m. ET. A live webcast, and the replay, will be available at http://investor.smarttech.com/events.cfm.

About SMART
SMART Technologies Inc. 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.

The SMART Technologies logo is available at www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=7573.

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For more information, please contact

Media contact

Public Relations

SMART Technologies Inc.

Phone 1.403.407.5128

E-mail pr@smarttech.com

Investor contact

Seth Potter

ICR

Phone 1.877.320.2241

E-mail ir@smarttech.com

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