The Beilstein workshops address contemporary issues in the chemical and related sciences by employing an interdisciplinary approach. Scientists from a wide range of areas - often outside chemistry - are invited to present aspects of their work for discussion with the aim of not only to advance science, but also, to enhance interdisciplinary communication. These Proceedings reflect the topics brought together by experts from different disciplines who provided their own points of view, the contemporary state and future perspectives on the following aspects of molecular engineering and control, i.e. molecular control of surfaces, manipulation of metabolic pathways and engineering of proteins and nucleotides, self-organization and molecular self-assembly, imaging, diagnostics and sensors, and artificial (biological) systems.