POET Technologies Announces Conference Call Providing Operating Plan Updates

TORONTO, ONTARIO and SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA--(Marketwired - Aug. 27, 2015) - POET Technologies Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PTK)(OTCQX:POETF) (the "Company") - developer of the planar opto-electronic technology ("POET") platform for monolithic fabrication of integrated circuit devices containing both electronic and optical elements - announces that the Company's CEO, and members of Executive Management, will host a conference call at 5:00 pm ET on September 30th, 2015 to provide an update on the Company's operational roadmap. We encourage investors to pre-submit questions to POET Investor Relations at: poet@taylor-rafferty.com. We thank you in advance for your participation.

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About POET Technologies Inc.

POET Technologies is the developer of the POET platform for monolithic fabrication of integrated circuit devices containing both electronic and optical elements on a single semiconductor wafer. With head office in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and operations in San Jose, CA and Storrs, CT, the Company, through ODIS Inc., a U.S. company, designs III-V semiconductor devices for military, industrial and commercial applications, including infrared sensor arrays and ultra-low-power random access memory. The Company has several issued and pending patents for the POET process, with potential high speed and power-efficient applications in devices such as servers, tablet computers and smartphones. The Company's common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "PTK" and on the OTCQX under the symbol "POETF". For more information please visit our website at www.poet-technologies.com.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Michel Lafrance, Secretary