**** Call for papers Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference **** The 6th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference will be held in Edinburgh, UK April 25-29th 2016, co-located with ACM Learning @ Scale 2016. The deadline for all submissions is *October 30, 2015*, which will NOT be extended*.* See http://lak16.solaresearch.org/?page_id=6 This annual conference provides a multidisciplinary forum for addressing the critical issues and challenges confronting the education sector today. The conference theme this year is: “Enhancing Impact: Convergence of Communities for Grounding, Implementation and Validation”. The theme for the LAK16 conference aims to explore the multidisciplinary connections that effectively illustrate how learning analytics can provide critical insights into the individual and collective learning process. It embraces the convergence of these disciplines to provide theoretical and practical insights that will further advance the field – through research, adoption and implementation and ultimately provide a foundation for informing government and institutional policy. We invite research and practice papers that address the “convergence of communities” in LAK and bring a novel perspective and approach for reflecting on the field. *** SUBMISSIONS *** The conference welcomes researcher and practitioner submissions of the following kinds: 1. *Full papers*: 10 pages 2. *Short papers*: 5 pages 3. *Panel proposals*: 4 pages plus 2 separated pages with information about the confirmed panelists 4. *Workshop proposals*: 2 pages 5. *Tutorial proposals*: 2 pages (will not be included in the proceedings) 6. *Demonstrations*: 2 pages 7. *Posters*: 2 pages 8. *Doctoral consortium*: 5 pages (Details: http://lak16.solaresearch.org/?page_id=173) *** RELEVANT DATES *** - *31 October 2015*: Deadline for all submissions - *30 November 2015*: Notification of acceptance for workshop and tutorial proposals - *18 December 2015*: Notification of acceptance for full/short papers, panel proposals, demonstrations and posters - *5 February 2016*: Final version of accepted papers due - *25-29 April 2016*: LAK conference Conference proceedings will be published in ACM Digital Library.