In the year 2008/2009, the IEICE Singapore Section had organized one IEICE Distinguished Lecture given by Prof. Makoto Tsutsumi, IEEE Fellow, Fukui University, Fukui, Japan. The lecture with the title of �gNonreciprocal Left Handed Characteristics on Ferrite Transmission Lines and their Microwave Applications�h was held in February 20, 2009, in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

During the lecture, I introduced the IEICE organization to all of the audiences and welcome them, especially young scholars and PhD students, to join the IEICE as a regular or student member. Prof. Tsutsumi then spent about one hour to present his pioneered works in the development of advanced metamaterials for applications in microwave engineering. In final, a discussion session with about thirty minutes was held since many participants expressed their interests in the hot scope of this talk. The number of participants is 35 inclusive of >10 PhD students.

Two photographs taken during the Seminar

Other activities in the past and future: Two admin meetings were held to discuss section activities. We are currently in discussion to invite three IEICE Distinguished Lecturers (two from Japan and one from Europe) for delivering their lectures in Singapore.