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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.

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Anthony de Bruyn

UVA Communications

6:00pm EDT

The Presidency at a CrossroadsNow Open The Paramount TheaterWilliam Antholis • Douglas Blackmon • Nicole Hemmer • Bill Kristol • John Negroponte • Neera Tanden • Miller Center at UVA

8:00pm EDT

An Evening with John CleeseNow Open The Paramount TheaterJohn Cleese • Division of Perceptual Studies

12:00pm EDT

Just Eat: The Future of FoodNow Open The Paramount TheaterJane Black • Greg Asbed • Melody Barnes • Seth Goldman • Beyond Meat

2:00pm EDT

KEYNOTE: Fighting Inequality with FinanceNow Open The Jefferson TheaterGreg Fairchild • Ross Baird • Peter Jackson • Jerry Nemorin • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

4:25pm EDT

How to Beat the House - Predicting Football Results with Hyperparameter OptimizationNow Open Violet Crown - Theater 5Abhimanyu Roy • S&P Global • Capital One

5:00pm EDT

Silverchair 25th Anniversary Reception SilverchairSilverchair

8:00pm EDT

What Unites Us: Reflections on PatriotismNow Open The Paramount TheaterDahlia Lithwick • Dan Rather • University of Virginia College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences • C-Ville Weekly

12:00pm EDT

Founders Luncheon: Founding While FemaleNow Open Red Pump KitchenHeather Metcalf • Renee Diresta • Alice Handy • Shan-Lyn Ma • FastTrac • 1 Million Cups • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

2:00pm EDT

Master Class: The Creative CurveAlmost Full Common House - Vinegar Hall NorthAllen Gannett • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

4:00pm EDT

Master Class: Anatomy of a StoryAlmost Full Violet Crown - Theater 3Amy Goldstein • University of Virginia College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences • C-Ville Weekly