WASHINGTON, May 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) today announced that company executives will present at three upcoming investment banking conferences.

    Robert W. Baird 2006 Growth Stock Conference
    Date/Time:      Thursday, May 11, 2006 at 1:35 p.m. Eastern
    Location:       Chicago, Illinois

    2006 FBR Growth Conference
    Date/Time:      Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 2:15 p.m. Eastern
    Location:       New York City, New York

    SG Cowen 34th Annual Technology Conference
    Date/Time:      Thursday, June 1, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern
    Location:       New York City, New York

The audio webcasts of the presentations will be available live on the Blackboard Investor Relations Web site, http://investor.blackboard.com.

About Blackboard Inc.

Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) is a leading provider of enterprise software applications and related services to the education industry. Founded in 1997, Blackboard enables educational innovations everywhere by connecting people and technology. With two product suites, the Blackboard Academic Suite (TM) and the Blackboard Commerce Suite (TM), Blackboard is used by millions of people at academic institutions around the globe, including colleges, universities, K-12 schools and other education providers, as well as textbook publishers and student-focused merchants that serve education providers and their students. Blackboard is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in North America, Europe and Asia.

Blackboard

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SOURCE Blackboard Inc.

CONTACT: Michael J. Stanton, Vice President, Investor Relations of Blackboard Inc., +1-202-463-4860 ext. 2305