IEE Computing & Control Division: Chairman´s address. Collaborate or die

The paper first explains the need for intellectual collaboration, and the author recalls earlier experiences of teamwork in the development and use of computers. Three areas are then reviewed in which collaboration can be valuable: industry, universities and professional institutions. The author suggests that institutions such as the IEE should devolve decision making to divisional level and thereby enable several institutions with common interests to co-ordinate their learned society activities, thus making more efficient use of existing resources.