IKONA GEAR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TO PRESENT AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GEARS 2005

COQUITLAM, B.C. – September 8, 2005 – Ikona Gear International, Inc. (OTC: IKGI), a leader in innovative gearing systems technology, today announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Laith I. Nosh, will be a featured speaker at the Third Annual International Conference on Gears. The conference will be held September 14th through the 16th, 2005, at the Munich Technical University, in Munich, Germany. Nosh, along with Ikona Gear’s lead designer, John Colbourne, Ph.D., will be presenting a technical paper and case studies on Thursday, September 15, 2005.

"It is a pleasure to unveil the revolutionary Ikona technology at the premiere international gearing expo," said Ikona CEO and President Laith I. Nosh. "Germany, which maintains close to 30 percent global market share for gearing and transmission applications, is recognized as a hotbed for gearing innovation. This venue should prove to be ideal for Ikona to present its patented technology to the world’s leading engineering, industrial and academic audiences."

The annual International Conference on Gears attracts hundreds of leading manufacturers, developers, engineers, designers, researchers, users and suppliers of all type of gears, gear components and gear materials from throughout the world. This conference provides a professional forum for experts in the field of gear technology to exchange ideas, present breakthrough technologies, and provide results of testing and case studies for new products and applications. For more information, please visit http://www.vdi-wissensforum.de/.


About Ikona Gear International

Ikona Gear designs, manufactures and markets innovative gearing-enabled applications and gear increasing and reduction systems. Ikona's patented intellectual property involves a unique gear tooth form that provides very high gear reduction and very high gear tooth contact. The company’s patented technology affords significant advantages over traditional planetary gearing systems including: very high torque, reduced size and weight, zero backlash, accurate back-and-forth actuation, low wear, superior efficiency and low noise. Ikona trades on the Over the Counter market under the symbol "IKGI" and on the Frankfurt Exchange under the symbol "IG2". For more information on Ikona, please visit us at http://www.ikonagear.com/.

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