This year Singapore overseas section focused on the research and development (R&D) activities in microwave, millimetre wave (mmW) including microwave photonics in the academic and research institutions in Singapore. Prof. Kensuke Okubo, Okayama Prefectural University visited Singapore to deliver the talks on “Left Handed propagation in ferrite waveguide” and also shared the research experiences. The drive for new recruitment of IEICE members has been initiated before the seminar and the pamphlets were distributed after the seminar including the application forms, and how to submit the forms.