(With apologies for cross-posting) Dear colleagues, The Influencer Ethnography Research Lab (IERLab) at Curtin University is pleased to present Virtual Influencers in the Asia Pacific, a free online symposium exploring the impact, iterations, and industries of virtual influencers in the Asia Pacific region. Spanning several local incarnations of the virtual—including virtual influencers, virtual YouTubers (vTubers), and virtual idols—the papers in this event attest to the vibrancy of the Asia Pacific region as a site for virtual encounters and experiences. With keynote presentations by multidisciplinary artist Charmaine Poh and media scholar Esperanza Miyake, author of Virtual Influencers: Identity and Digitality in the Age of Multiple Realities (2024, Routledge), this symposium brings together international speakers and cross-disciplinary perspectives to ground ideas of the virtual in specific geocultural, industrial, and political contexts. The event will take place on Tuesday 08 April, 1400-1700 AWST (GMT+8). Registration is free and open now: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5hFDRP43RbuQWXLWou4B8A More information, including the programme and presenter biographies, can be found at https://ierlab.com/virtual-influencers/ Select portions of the event will be recorded and made available for later viewing at https://ierlab.com/<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fierlab.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2ytF1T9VtnQ0LC4xwXIemVqlqUkE_LNbzDRYSv7QWFp1qenP8jQDk60Ao_aem_z13xi4oQVid1mT4Fm2IAZQ&h=AT3t-5CxNquqFhXIbUq0Eg7Ai9A5BK6J3fEDbEf4k47bWi0A_ZTHt3aJ6TekGgmWMtchNy3zLDmcVvVO_yFpk0CAFCXi0JY6VJOCBlx54I0FijDX_xWitwCRp2SXYjM2j4yP&__tn__=-UK*F>. Please feel free to share this information with your networks, and to direct any questions regarding the event to contact@ierlab.com<mailto:contact@ierlab.com> Kind regards, Rachel Berryman Research Student, IERLab Prof Crystal Abidin Director, IERLab