Research Track Guidelines

Submission Types

**Pending final ACM approval. This webpage will be updated as soon as notification is received.

Following ACM guidelines, submissions to LAK26 must be in ACM’s one column format.

• Full research papers (up to 16 pages in ACM 1 column format, including references)
• Short research papers (up to 10 pages in ACM 1 column format, including references) 

Preparing Your Full or Short Paper Submission

• Use the ACM 1 column format proceedings template -  
  • For LAK26, we are recommending using LaTeX for your submissions. We have found that LaTeX authors experience fewer upload errors with the TAPS system which is the system that we authors will use to upload their final camera ready files (pending ACM approval). 
    • LaTeX template: Use the “manuscript” call to create a single column format. Please review the LaTeX documentation and ACM’s LaTeX best practices guide should you have any questions.
      • Overleaf Platform: Overleaf is an open-source online real-time collaborative LaTeX editor. The platform automatically compiles the document while an author writes, so the author can see what the finished file will look like in real time. The Overleaf ACM Conference Proceedings template can be used for writing your manuscript. A series of Overleaf Guides are available that can help you in the preparation of your submission.
    • Microsoft Word template: 
    • Please review the Word documentation 
      • Please note that Microsoft Word is still an acceptable format to use for LAK26, however we have just noted from LAK25 experience that there may be additional time and work required when uploading your final camera ready files. If you are interested in using LaTeX, have reviewed the documentation and still have questions, please reach out to us at lakconference@gmail.com for assistance. 
• Remove all identifying information
  • Research track submissions use the double-blind review process described above. To ensure double-blind review:
    • Submissions should omit author names, affiliations, acknowledgements

• Other details (such as URLs and project/product names that may disclose identity) should also be omitted or disguised . 
• Relevant self-references to authors’ published work that are essential to a proper review should be included, but written in the third person (e.g. “Previous work by Smith [27] has shown…”). The goal and spirit of double-blind review is to create uncertainty about authorship, which is sufficient to realize most of its benefits.

• Pay attention to the page limits for each submission type.
• Upload your submission via LAK26 EasyChair submission system. The submission must be made before the official deadline (29 September 2025, 23:59 GMT-12). There will be no extensions for LAK26.

Practitioner and Corporate Learning Analytics Track Guidelines

Submission Types

Practitioner reports may be between 2 and 4 pages in length using the LAK companion proceedings template (including references) and should include:

• Presenter’s Names (Left Blank for double blind submission // Only add in for camera-ready version)
• Presentation Title:
• Abstract (100-150 words):
• Keywords (up to 10):
• Full Presentation Description 

For full conceptual details, please refer to the LAK26 Call for Papers. 

Preparing Your Submission

• Prac reports are using double-blind review process, so please remove all identifying details from text. However, Interactive demos do not need to be de-identified since it can be very hard to disguise real systems.
• The Prac track submissions should use LAK companion proceedings template
• Upload your submissions via LAK26 EasyChair submission system. The submission must be made before the official deadline, 23:59 GMT-12). There will be no extensions for LAK26.

Posters and Demonstrations Guidelines

Preparing Your Submission

Poster Submissions - 3 pages, LAK companion proceedings template, including references 

Interactive Demo Submissions -  should include a 200-word abstract and movie link using the LAK companion proceedings template and a demo movie no more than five minutes in length.

• Upload your submissions via LAK26 EasyChair submission system by the submission deadline. For the full list of deadlines please refer to LAK26 Important Dates.

Pre-conference Event Track Guidelines

Submission Types

Proposals should be a maximum of four pages using the LAK companion proceedings template and should include the following information in order to enable reviewers to judge the importance, quality, and benefits for the LAK community.

• Organizational details of proposed event:
  • Type of event (Interactive Workshop, Mini-track Symposium, Tutorial etc.)
  • Proposed duration (half-day or full-day) 
  • The workshop/tutorial activities that participants should expect: e.g., symposia elements, birds of a feather, group-based demos, discussion groups, presentations, poster sessions, etc.
  • Proposed schedule / itinerary in which the activities will take place
  • Expected / maximum participant numbers and planned channels to recruit attendees
• Workshop/tutorial objectives or intended outcomes
  • What are the objectives that the workshop or tutorial aims to achieve? 
  • How will these outcomes be disseminated? (e.g. #hashtag of the event, mailing lists, etc.) 
  • If the workshop invites contributions (in the form of papers), will these be published in any form (e.g. CEUR proceedings)? [Please note only the overall workshop proposal will appear in the LAK Companion Proceedings]
  • How will the outcomes of the workshop be shared out to participants and the wider community? (e.g. will the workshop produce open access documents or notes synthesizing key outcomes and agreed follow-on activities?)
• Planned mechanism(s) for communicating information and resources
  • How will potential attendees find out about the intended content and structure of the event?
  • How will you share information and resources with participants before, during and after the event?
  • Consider what tools will best meet your purpose, for example a website, shared google drive, mailing list, Slack workspace
• References

For workshops with a submission/application process, we suggest that workshop chairs follow this timeline:

• 15 Sept 2025: Deadline for submission to organize workshops/tutorials 
• 06 Oct 2025: Notification of acceptance for workshop/tutorial organization
• 04 Dec 2025: Deadline for submission of papers to individual workshops that issue calls**
• 19 Jan 2025: Notification of acceptance for posters/demos and papers submitted to individual workshops** 
• 12 Jan 2026: Deadline for camera ready (Workshop organizer proposal docs) (individual workshop papers are not included in LAK proceedings)

**Workshop Paper Submissions - this term refers to papers submitted to be presented within an accepted LAK pre-conference workshop. Many LAK workshops are mini-symposium style and issue calls for papers. Please visit the pre-conference schedule when available to view which workshops have CFP’s that you may submit to.

Preparing Your Submission

• Pre-conference event proposals should be using double-blind review process, so please remove all identifying details from your submissions.
• The submissions should use LAK companion proceedings template
• Upload your submissions via LAK26 EasyChair submission system by the submission deadline. For the full list of deadlines please refer to LAK26 Important Dates.

Review Process

Workshop and Tutorial selection will be handled competitively; proposals will be ranked according to six criteria:

1. Overall relevance to LAK
2. Relevance to the LAK26 theme
3. Innovativeness
4. Overall quality, including potential value for attendees
5. Extent of interaction
6. Comprehensiveness of planning

Workshop/tutorial organizers are encouraged to propose innovative and interactive formats, which will be given priority in the selection process. In case of overlapping proposals, the workshop/tutorial Chairs may propose to merge two workshops or tutorials into a single event.