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Tom Tom Founders Festival 2018

The Seventh Annual Tom Tom Founders Festival is a week-long celebration of innovators, visionaries, and artists who are shaping small cities. The Festival occurs at dozens of venues throughout downtown Charlottesville.

Aaron Renn

Manhattan Institute
Senior Fellow
New York, New York

https://manhattan-institute.org/

Aaron M. Renn is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and a Contributing Editor at its quarterly magazine City Journal.

9:00am EDT

OPENING KEYNOTE: Our Towns: A 100,000 Mile Journey Into the Heart of AmericaNow Open The Jefferson TheaterDeborah Fallows • James Fallows • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

2:00pm EDT

Sucking Up: A Brief Consideration of SycophancyNow Open Old Metropolitan HallDeborah Parker • Mark Parker • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

2:00pm EDT

The Future of JournalismAlmost Full Violet Crown - Theater 3Dahlia Lithwick • Jeff Carney • Steve Gibson • Brad Wolverton • The Daily Progress • University of Virginia College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences • C-Ville Weekly

3:00pm EDT

Master Class: Growth HackingFull Old Metropolitan HallJoshua Anton • Brett Gibson • Bryan Myers • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

My Moderators Sessions

3:30pm EDT

The Death and Rebirth of Great American CitiesNow Open The Paramount Theater - Balcony LoungeAaron Renn • Anthony Williams