Dr. Frank Brown of Accelrys to Present at Nanotech Conference 2009

SAN DIEGO, CA, Apr 29 (MARKET WIRE) --
Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL), a leading provider of scientific business
intelligence software and services, today announced that Dr. Frank Brown,
Chief Science Officer of Accelrys, will be presenting at the Nanotech
Conference being held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in
Houston, Texas, from May 3 to May 7, 2009. In a session titled
"Scientific Business Intelligence for Nanotechnology" scheduled for
Monday, May 4 at 1:30 p.m., Dr. Brown will address the challenges in
integrating data and applications to help scientists and engineers make
more informed decisions. He will also address how to use the same systems
to better collaborate and share information across the enterprise.

Nanotech 2009 is the largest international nanotechnology conference and
trade show in the world. The conference brings together specialists from a
wide range of fields of science, technology and business. For more
information on the conference, visit http://www.nsti.org/Nanotech2009/

About Accelrys, Inc.

Headquartered in San Diego, California, Accelrys develops scientific
business intelligence software and solutions for the life sciences,
energy, chemicals, aerospace, and consumer products industries. Customers
include many Fortune 500 companies and other commercial entities, as well
as academic and government entities. Accelrys has a vast portfolio of
computer-aided design modeling and simulation offerings which assist
customers in conducting scientific experiments 'in silico' in order to
reduce the duration and cost of discovering and developing new drugs and
materials. Its scientific business intelligence platform underlies the
company's computer-aided design modeling and simulation offerings. The
Accelrys platform can be used with both Accelrys and competitive
products, as well as with customers' proprietary predictive science
products. Its flexibility, ease-of-use and advanced chemical, text and
image analysis and reporting capabilities enable customers to mine,
aggregate, analyze and report scientific data from disparate sources,
thereby better utilizing scientific data within their organizations. For
more information about Accelrys, visit http://accelrys.com/

Forward-Looking Statements

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including statements relating to the Company's products, their features,
and their impact upon our customers' organizations, are subject to risks
and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the risk that our
products will not be successfully developed, achieve market acceptance,
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