Ballard to Present at Thomas Weisel Alternative Energy Conference

VANCOUVER, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD; NASDAQ: BLDP) today announced that John Sheridan, President & CEO will present at the Thomas Weisel Alternative Energy & Natural Resources Conference 2009 in New York on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 2:05pm ET.

John Sheridan will provide an update on the business and discuss Ballard's strategy within key fuel cell growth markets. Visit www.ballard.com to learn more and listen to the live audio webcast. A playback of the audio webcast will be available for 30 days following the conference.

About Ballard Power Systems

Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD; NASDAQ: BLDP) is recognized as a world leader in the design, development, manufacture and sale of clean energy fuel cell products. Ballard's mission is to accelerate fuel cell product adoption. To learn more about what Ballard is doing with Power to Change the World(R), visit www.ballard.com.

Ballard, the Ballard logo and Power to Change the World are registered trademarks of Ballard Power Systems Inc.

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