Ascent Solar to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences

THORNTON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules, announced that it will present to the investment community at the following investor conferences during the month of December 2009.

• December 3, 2009 at the J.P. Morgan Eleventh Annual SMid Cap Conference to be held on December 2-3, 2009 at the J.P. Morgan Conference Center at 383 Madison Avenue in New York City.
• December 9, 2009: Barclays Capital 2009 Global Technology Conference being held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, California on December 8 - 9.
• December 10, 2009: Bloomberg Tradebook, LLC and Brigantine Advisors LLC, Tech Trends in 2010 Conference being held in New York, NY.

About Ascent Solar Technologies:

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. is a developer of thin-film photovoltaic modules with substrate materials that can be more flexible and affordable than most traditional solar panels. Ascent Solar modules can be directly integrated into standard building materials, space applications, consumer electronics for portable power or configured as stand alone modules for large scale terrestrial deployment. Ascent Solar is headquartered in Thornton, Colorado. For more information, go to www.AscentSolar.com.

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