Energy Conversion Devices to Present at Merriman Curhan Ford Investor Summit 2006 on September 18

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Sept. 14 -- Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics) announced today that James R. Metzger, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Sanjeev Kumar, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the third annual Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. Investor Summit on September 18, 2006 at 10:15 a.m. (PT). This event will be held at the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco.

A live webcast of the presentation, along with the presentation material, will be accessible through ECD Ovonics' website at http://www.ovonic.com/ or http://www.wsw.com/webcast/mcm4/ener/ .

More information about the conference can be found at http://www.merrimanco.com/ .

About ECD Ovonics:

ECD Ovonics is the leader in the synthesis of new materials and the development of advanced production technology and innovative products. It has invented, pioneered and developed its proprietary, enabling technologies in the fields of energy and information leading to new products and production processes based on amorphous, disordered and related materials. The Company's portfolio of alternative energy solutions includes Ovonic thin-film amorphous solar cells, modules, panels and systems for generating solar electric power; Ovonic NiMH batteries; Ovonic hydride storage materials capable of storing hydrogen in the solid state for use as a feedstock for fuel cells or internal combustion engines or as an enhancement or replacement for any type of hydrocarbon fuel; and Ovonic fuel cell technology. ECD Ovonics' proprietary advanced information technologies include Ovonic phase-change electrical memory, Ovonic phase-change optical memory and the Ovonic Threshold Switch. ECD Ovonics designs and builds manufacturing machinery that incorporates its proprietary production processes, maintains ongoing research and development programs to continually improve its products and develops new applications for its technologies. ECD Ovonics holds the basic patents in its fields. More information on the company is available on http://www.ovonic.com/ .