Advanced Photonix to Present at the Sanders Morris Harris Investor Growth Conference September 23 in New York; Live Internet Broadcast, Replay of Presentation Available.

CAMARILLO, Calif. -- Advanced Photonix, Inc.(R) (AMEX- API) announced today it will participate in the Sanders Morris Harris Investor Growth Conference in New York, NY, on Friday, September 23, at 2:30 p.m. EDT. Richard Kurtz, Chairman and CEO, and Robin Risser, CFO, will present at the conference. The company said that a live webcast of its conference presentation also will be available on Friday, September 23, beginning at 2:30 p.m. To access the webcast, investors should go to http://www.wsw.com/webcast/smh/api/. For those unable to access the live webcast, a replay will be available for 90 days by accessing the web address listed above.

Advanced Photonix, Inc.(R) (AMEX: API) is a leading supplier of opto-electronic solutions and Terahertz instrumentation to a global OEM customer base. Products include the patented High speed optical receivers in APD and PIN configurations and silicon Large Area Avalanche Photodiode (LAAPD), PIN photodiode and FILTRODE(R) detectors. More information on Advanced Photonix can be found at http://www.advancedphotonix.com.