NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ROTH Capital Partners (ROTH), www.roth.com, a full service investment bank recognized for providing financing and advisory services to emerging growth companies worldwide, today announced that the upcoming 22nd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference will feature a Media and Internet Track with presentations from leading companies in advertising, entertainment, content distribution and exhibition, media technology, and e-commerce. The invitation-only conference will be held March 15-17, 2010 at The Ritz Carlton, located at 1 Ritz Carlton Drive, Dana Point, California.

“We’ll start this track off on the eve of the conference with a special Internet Dinner,” said Richard Ingrassia, Senior Research Analyst at ROTH covering Advertising, Media & Internet. “The evening event for Internet companies, investors and entrepreneurs will include a panel discussion entitled “Surviving and Thriving Web 3.0” which will address such industry topics as social networks and new online business models.”

The panelists include: Bant Breen, President, Worldwide Digital Communications of Initiative, a subsidiary of Interpublic Group; Matt Coffin, Internet investor and Founder of LowerMyBills.com; and Bill Strauss, CEO of Provide Commerce, a subsidiary of Liberty Media.

The three-day, institutional investor conference will be the largest ROTH conference ever and will feature management presentations from more than 370 small cap public companies, including 90 Chinese companies. The broad spectrum of presenting companies will represent the following sectors: Healthcare (Biotech, Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals), Media & Internet, Enterprise Software, Gaming, Semiconductors, Global Energy and Industrials and Retail & Consumer.

This event is designed to provide investors with a unique chance to gain insight into small- and mid-cap growth companies and is expected to attract 2,500 attendees, including more than 1,500 institutional investors. The conference is formatted to maximize investor/company interaction through a combination of company presentations, Q&A sessions, expert panels and management one-on-one meetings.

The presenting companies were carefully selected by ROTH's research team and represent a median market cap of approximately $300 million. More than 185 of the presenting companies are covered by ROTH's team of 21 publishing analysts.

Conference sponsors include:

A partial list of supporting conference sponsors at time of this announcement includes:

PLATINUM: AFH Holding & Advisory; Deloitte; DLA Piper; Friedman LLP; Loeb & Loeb LLP; Lowenstein Sandler; Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Thomson Reuters and William O’Neill + Co.

GOLD: Bloomberg; Bullivant, Houser, Bailey PC; Capital IQ; Dorsey & Whitney LLP; K&L Gates; Rothstein Kass; The Piacente Group, Inc.; and Winston & Strawn LLP.

SILVER: Anslow & Jaclin; Avant Air, Inc.; BDO; Belmont Partners, LLC; Bernstein & Pinchuck LLP; BIOCOM, Business Wire; CCG Investor Relations; Goodwin Procter; Grant Thornton; Halter Financial Summit: Junior Achievement; KPMG, LLP; Lambert, Edwards & Associates; Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.; Moss Adams, LLP; Nasdaq OMX; NYSE Euronext; PrivateRaise - A Dealflow Media Service; Samuel H. Wong & Co. LLP; SingerLewak; Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP; Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth; Stroock; Toronto Stock Exchange; Vintage Filings; and Weinberg & Company, P.A.

For more information about this invitation-only event, please visit the conference website at: www.roth.com or contact your ROTH representative at 800-933-6830.

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*Past Performance is not indicative of future returns. This is not an offer or solicitation of the securities herein.

About Roth Capital Partners, LLC:

ROTH Capital Partners is a full service investment banking firm dedicated to the small-cap public market. Since its inception in 1984, ROTH has been an innovator in this space. ROTH has participated in underwriting IPOs for small-cap companies, has helped develop the PIPE financing structure, and more recently in underwriting offerings from shelf registration statements. ROTH was one of the first U.S. investment banks to focus on financing small-cap Chinese companies, and established a Shanghai Representative Office in 2007.

ROTH's experience and capabilities in raising capital for public companies are the hallmarks of the firm. It has raised over $12.6 billion for public companies and completed approximately 160 merger, acquisition and advisory assignments. During 2009, ROTH assisted public companies in raising over $1.8 billion.

Visit the Roth Capital Partners website at www.roth.com. Member FINRA/SIPC.

List of Confirmed Presenting Companies for ROTH 22^nd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference, March 15-17, 2010. (Please visit the ROTH website for updates and agenda)

** Subject to change. This is not an offer or solicitation of the securities herein.

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