New York Investors Conference Announces Participating Companies for June 6-7th Event.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The New York State Investors Conference, a unique event to bring the financial community, New York State based companies, institutional pension funds and the lobbying community together, is set to take place June 6-7th at the Albany Marriott in Albany, New York. Themed "Invest in New York State", this conference has received significant encouragement from the financial community, and regional and state legislators. The keynote speaker at the Conference's luncheon on June 6th will be State Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno.

The 2005 conference will provide an efficient forum to broaden the financial community's awareness of a wide variety of New York's finest companies and their executive management teams, who will have the opportunity to present and respond to questions about the performance, strategic initiatives, and future outlook of their organizations to interested investors. The participating companies are:

Albany Molecular Research (NASDAQ: AMRI)
Angio Dynamics (NASDAQ: ANGO)
Astronics Corporation (NASDAQ: ATRO)
CH Energy Group Inc. (NYSE: CHG)
CharterMac  (AMEX: CHC)
CONMED Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD)
EVCI Career Colleges Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: EVCI)
E-Z-EM Inc. (NASDAQ: EZEM)
Greatbatch, Inc. (NYSE: GB)
Intermagnetics General Corp. (NASDAQ: IMGC)
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: KERX)
MapInfo Corp. (NASDAQ: MAPS)
Mechanical Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MKTY)
MOD-PAC CORP. (NASDAQ: MPAC)
ON2 Technologies Inc. (AMEX: ONT)
Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG)
U.S.I. Holdings Corp.     (NASDAQ: USIH)
Zanett Inc. (NASDAQ: ZANE)
Convergence Technologies, Inc. (Private)

The conference runs from 10:00 am on Monday, June 6th through 11:30 am on Tuesday June 7th. The conference will include lunch and a cocktail reception, hosted in part by Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ), on Monday and breakfast on Tuesday. Other sponsors of the event include Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE: EK), Readers Digest Association Inc. (NYSE: RDA), Martha Steward Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO), MapInfo, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAPS), Brown McMahon & Weinraub LLC, Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP, Kei Advisors LLC, MessageBank, LLC, PKS Advisory Services, LLC, Quinlan & Company Advertising, The Wall Street Transcript, Northwestern Mutual, and Thomson Financial.

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For more information and conference registration log on to www.nysivest.com. There is no fee for attendance. Financial community members with any questions, or who need additional information, should contact Tammy Swiatek, Kei Advisors LLC at 716.843.3853.

The New York State Investors Conference, founded by Mr. Rene M. LeRoux, Kei Advisors LLC and Brown McMahon & Weinraub, LLC, was formed to extend the awareness of the wide breadth of companies in New York State that promote economic growth and opportunity in New York and around the world. The managements of these companies present to an audience of institutional investors, analysts and financial advisors from throughout New York, the Northeast, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. The conference specifically includes special invitations to those that manage the $200 billion under management in NYS pension funds. NYS companies feature an extensive variety of industries and represent a large spread of market capitalization.