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Imaginatik CEO Hand-Picked to Present at Boston World Partnerships’ Kick-Off Innovation Event

Odd Pairings Experiment features local thought leaders collaborating to inspire new ways of thinking

BOSTON, Mass. – 12 March 2010 – Imaginatik plc (AIM:IMTK), a leading provider of Collective Intelligence software and services aimed at streamlining the Idea Management process, will present at Boston World Partnerships’ (BWP) first Odd Pairing Experiment. The experiment is being launched in conjunction with BWP’s One-Year Anniversary Event and will highlight a pair of local thought-leaders, Imaginatik CEO Mark Turrell and Bill Brett, photojournalist for The Boston Globe. The two speakers, who come from disparate backgrounds, will aim to share ideas that inspire innovation and promote new ways of thinking.

WHAT:
Boston World Partnerships’ one-year anniversary celebration and kick-off of the Odd Pairings Experiment series

WHEN:
Tuesday, March 16
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. ET

WHO:

Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Founder & Chairman of Boston World Partnerships
Mark Turrell, CEO of Imaginatik

Mark is the CEO and co-founder of Imaginatik plc, a software and services company helping organizations solve their biggest and most important problems using Collective Intelligence, enterprise crowdsourcing and collaborative innovation. Mark advises senior leaders on the practicalities of leveraging these techniques and has worked closely with Imaginatik’s Global 500 clients including Chevron, Pfizer, Whirlpool, and Xerox. He is a frequent speaker at conferences around the world, such as the World Economic Forum events at Davos and the World Innovation Forum in New York. Mark is passionately committed to making change on a global scale, and is driving Imaginatik’s initiative to work with nonprofits and NGOs to tackle world problems such as water, energy, poverty and waste, spearheading the firm’s membership in the Clinton Global Initiative.
Bill Brett, Photojournalist for The Boston Globe

Bill has been taking pictures for the The Boston Globe for more than 40 years. His first two books – “Boston, All One Family“ and “Boston, An Extended Family” – have been best-sellers for Commonwealth Editions. His most recent book is called “Boston: A Year in the Life.”
The region’s most forward-thinking business people

WHERE:
The Liberty Hotel
215 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114

To register for this event, please visit www.brownpapertickets.com/event/99946. Additionally, visit the Imaginatik company blog at blog.imaginatik.com.

About Imaginatik

Imaginatik provides Innovation Management and Collective Intelligence solutions. The best companies in the world use Imaginatik’s Idea Central software platform to identify and develop the important ideas and strategies that will drive the future of their businesses. For more than 10 years, Imaginatik has helped customers, including CSC, Pfizer, Boeing, Chubb and Cargill, achieve outstanding results with the know-how of its experienced consulting team and highly configurable Web-based software.

Imaginatik is a public company traded on the London Stock Exchange [LSE:IMTK.L] and a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer with offices in Boston and London. Imaginatik is committed to ongoing research into the nature of human networks, innovation and collective intelligence. The company collaborates with several academic institutions, including the IXL Center at Hult International Business School.