RENO, NV -- (Marketwire) -- 10/26/09 -- Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALTI), a leading provider of energy storage systems for clean, efficient power and energy management, today announced its participation at the WedBush Morgan Securities Clean Technology & Industrial Growth Conference held in San Francisco, CA. C. Robert Pedraza, Vice President of Corporate Strategy will present at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Monday, November 2, 2009.

A webcast of the presentation will be streamed live including audio and presentation slides, accessible at www.wsw.com/webcast/wedbush11/alti/. A replay of the webcast will be archived and available for viewing on the company's website at www.altairnano.com.

For more information about the Wedbush Morgan Securities Clean Technology & Industrial Growth Conference please visit www.wedbush.com.

About Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc.

Headquartered in Reno, Nevada with manufacturing in Anderson, Indiana, Altairnano is a leading provider of energy storage systems for clean, efficient power and energy management. Going beyond lithium ion, Altairnano's Lithium-Titanate based battery systems are among the highest performing and most scalable, with applications that include battery cells for military artillery, battery packs for hybrid vehicles and energy storage systems for large-scale stationary power services. For more information please visit Altairnano at www.altairnano.com.