The aim of this report, supported by major industrials and academia, is to demonstrate that CONTROL is at the heart of the Information and Communication Technologies of complex systems and as a consequence should be supported as a priority in the coming Work Programmes both at the level of enabling technologies and at application level, including PPP "Public Private Partnership" on Energy-efficient buildings, Factories of Future and European Green cars Initiatives. After recalling what control science is, ten crucial needs of society where control will make a strong impact in the next decade are sketched. The next section summarizes some of the main challenges behind these applications without describing methodologies and tools. This is followed by a list of new sectors where control will have also very probably a major role to play. Finally some operational recommendations are listed in order to provide the means to develop this extremely important scientific and technological discipline whose critical role in ICT is essential to meet European Policies in the future.