Advanced Photonix, Inc. to Present at 11th Annual Needham Growth Stock Conference

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 19  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advanced Photonix, Inc.(R) (NYSE Alternext US: API) will participate in the Needham and Company Eleventh Annual Growth Stock Conference to be held January 6-8, 2009 at The New York Palace Hotel. API's Chairman and CEO, Rick Kurtz, will present at the conference at 11:30am ET on Wednesday, January 7. Management will also participate in a question and answer session following the presentation and one-on-one meetings throughout the day. The presentation will be broadcast online and will be accessible on the Company's web site, http://www.advancedphotonix.com/, or at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/needham27/api/ after it has been given. A replay of the webcast will be available for 90 days.

About Advanced Photonix, Inc.

Advanced Photonix, Inc.(R) (NYSE Alternext US: API) is a leading supplier of optoelectronic semiconductor components and subsystems and terahertz instrumentation to a global OEM customer base. Products include the patented InGaAs high-speed optical receivers in APD and PIN configurations and silicon PIN, large area APD and FILTRODE(R) detector configurations. More information on Advanced Photonix can be found at http://www.advancedphotonix.com/.

The information contained herein includes forward looking statements that are based on assumptions that management believes to be reasonable but are subject to inherent uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, unforeseen technological obstacles which may prevent or slow the development and/or manufacture of new products; potential problems with the integration of the acquired company and its technology and possible inability to achieve expected synergies; obstacles to successfully combining product offerings and lack of customer acceptance of such offerings; limited (or slower than anticipated) customer acceptance of new products which have been and are being developed by the Company; and a decline in the general demand for optoelectronic products.

  Contact:
  Richard Kurtz, Advanced Photonix, Inc. [phone]
  Richard Moyer, Cameron Associates [phone]


DATASOURCE: Advanced Photonix, Inc.



CONTACT:  Richard Kurtz of Advanced Photonix, Inc., [phone], or

Richard Moyer of Cameron Associates, [phone]



Web Site:  http://www.advancedphotonix.com/ 

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