First Call for Papers of the 5th Conference of the Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Statistik, (DAGStat 2019) Registration is now open and we cordially invite you to register for the 5th Conference of the Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Statistik (DAGStat 2019) from March 18 - 22, 2019, at LMU Munich, under https://www.dagstat2019.statistik.uni-muenchen.de/index.html Under the motto "Statistics under one Umbrella" the planned conference program contains contributions of all areas of statistics and many applications of statistical methods. Scientific exchange between the participating societies is one main aims of the conference. This is reflected by embedding two important annual meetings, the "65. Biometrisches Kolloquium" of the German Region of the International Biometric Society and the "Spring Meeting" of the Deutsche Statistische Gesellschaft. For the conference, Sara van de Geer, Andrew Gelman, Donald B. Rubin and Michael Jordan have agreed to be plenary speakers. For special topics and invited speakers see https://www.dagstat2019.statistik.uni-muenchen.de/scientific-programs/index.... Tutorials will be offered about the topics "Adaptive designs for clinical trials" (Frank Bretz, Tim Friede), "Bayesian data analysis using Stan" (Andrew Gelman), and " Spatio-temporal modeling" (Thomas Kneib), see https://www.dagstat2019.statistik.uni-muenchen.de/scientific-programs/tutori... Online registration and submission of abstracts is possible via https://www.dagstat2019.statistik.uni-muenchen.de/conference-details/news/in... Please note the following deadlines: November 4th 2018: Deadline for registration for the special session "Young Statisticians" (https://www.dagstat2019.statistik.uni-muenchen.de/scientific-programs/specia...) November 18th 2018: Abstract submission deadline January 27th 2019: Early-Bird registration deadline We are looking forward to welcoming you in Munich next year, Göran Kauermann and Helmut Küchenhoff, on behalf of the local organizing committee.