The summary and context slides from the "From vision to implementation" panel session at the European Open Science Cloud for Research (EOSC) Workshop, 5th Feb 2016, Rome, Italy. The panel included Jean-Claude Burgelman, EC DG RTD - Bas Cordewener, Knowledge Exchange - Matthew Dovey, JISC - Peter Wittenburg, RDA - Jurry de la Mar, T-Systems International Gmbh and was convened by Tiziana Ferrari, EGI.