This proceedings volume offer a review on Catalyst Design including recent advances and theories. It also includes assessments of the development of long-term research activities in catalysis at ICS. Topics covered include catalytic materials, organometallic chemistry, supports and support interactions and spectroscopic methods, and are presented by top-level international specialists such as J Brown (Oxford); W Keim (Aachen); R Prins (Zurich); C N R Rao (Bangalore); P Ratnasamy (Pune); R Sanchez-Delgado (Caracas); and R Ugo (Milan).