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DayStar Technologies CEO To Present at the New York State Investors Conference

Halfmoon, NY – (PR Newswire) – May 8, 2006 – Dr. John R. Tuttle, Chairman and CEO of DayStar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:DSTI), a developer and manufacturer of innovative Photovoltaic Foil™ products, will be a featured presenter at the New York State Investors Conference in Albany, New York.    

WHEN:           Monday, May 15, 2006 at 1:30 P.M. EDT < br>

WHERE:          Albany Marriott
                      189 Wolf Road
                      Albany, New York

WHAT:           Dr. Tuttle will use the conference’s visual presentation format to review DayStar’s technology and manufacturing strategy to achieve Gigawatt scale manufacturing.

The New York State Investors Conference, founded by Mr. Rene M. LeRoux, was formed to extend the awareness of the wide breadth of companies operating in New York State that promote economic growth and opportunity in New York and around the world.   Companies will 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 NYS pension funds representing $200 billion under management.   Featured companies stem from a broad range of industries and represent a large spread of market capitalization.  This year’s conference cosponsor is the University of Albany College of Nanoscience and Engineering, (Albany NANOTECH).

About DayStar Technologies, Inc.
DayStar Technologies, Inc. is an emerging leader in low cost, high efficiency Photovoltaic Foil™ that converts sunlight into energy. The Company manufactures CIGS solar cells, which are deposited on flexible metal foils using production processes adapted from computer component manufacturing. As an alternative to wafer-silicon solar cells, DayStar believes the unique combination of its CIGS solar cell design coupled with proprietary manufacturing processes on flexible metal substrates could substantially lower costs and remove deployment barriers currently limiting large adoption of solar energy. For more information on the Company, please visit http://www.daystartech.com.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT: This news release contains "forward-looking statements" that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. "Forward-looking statements" describe future expectations, plans, results, or strategies and are generally preceded by words such as "future, " "plan" or "planned, " "will" or "should," "expected," "anticipates," "draft," "eventually" or "projected." You are cautioned that such statements are subject to a multitude of risks and uncertainties that could cause future circumstances, events, or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements, including risks that our products may not achieve customer acceptance or that they will not perform as expected, and other risks identified in our annual report on Form 10-KSB and other filings with the SEC. You should consider these factors in evaluating the forward-looking statements included herein, and not place undue reliance on such statements. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and DayStar Technologies Inc. undertakes no obligation to update such statements.

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