Dear colleagues, The TikTok Cultures Research Network is pleased to announce a virtual event on TikTok & Youth Cultures in the Age of COVID-19 on 29 March 2021 hosted by founding members Associate Professor Crystal Abidin, Dr D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye, and Dr Xinyu (Andy) Zhao. TikTok has become one of the most widely used short video platforms around the world, with millions of new users joining during the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020. The platform is now a key social arena for global youth culture, creativity, professionalization, and activism. This event is an open forum for discussions on how digital cultures are evolving in the wave of a global pandemic and the massive uptake of TikTok by diverse groups of people during this time. This two-hour virtual event will take place via Zoom on 29 March 2021 at 0900-1100 (GMT+8) and will feature one research presentation and two panel discussions with a diverse array of panellists including TikTok influencers, media experts, social media industry professionals, and academics. We invite professionals from media industries and social media industries, students and researchers in academia, and members of the general public to attend this event. The event is free but registration is required. Please register here <https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_I7V1n_lCSFWoqj6qifF9UQ> (opening on 15 March 2021 0900hrs GMT+8, closing on 28 March 2021 1700hrs GMT+8). Please find a programme for the event here <https://tiktokcultures.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/v5tiktok-and-youth-cultures-programme-29mar21.pdf> and speaker bios here <https://tiktokcultures.com/covid-19-speakers/>. This event is organized by the Centre for Culture and Technology (CCAT) at Curtin University, and supported by the Social Science Research Council (Rapid-Response Grants on COVID-19 grant) and Australian Research Council (DE190100789). *--* *D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye, PhD* Digital Media Research Centre <https://research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/> Faculty of Creative Industries <https://www.qut.edu.au/creative-industries> Queensland University of Technology <https://www.qut.edu.au/> d2.kaye@qut.edu.au *Publications <https://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Valdovinos_Kaye,_D=2E_Bondy.html> *