Message from the conference and paper chairs.

The IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) Conference continues to develop and grow. Each year brings new researchers to the field and produces important advances in the theory and practice of visual analytics. VAST is now in its sixth year, and it is the second year as an IEEE Conference. The presented work demonstrates significant growth and maturation of the visual analytics community. We received 80 submissions and were able to accept 26 papers into the program.