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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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John Martin

Patricia Martin
Psychologist

5:00pm EDT

Community Potluck, hosted with the IX Art ParkNow Open IX Art ParkIx Art Park

5:00pm EDT

Partner Event: Messy Democracy: From Founding Our Nation to Finding Our WayAlmost Full Old Metropolitan HallSarah McConnell • Sara Bon-Harper • Leslie Greene Bowman • Kat Imhoff • Presidential Precinct

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

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

10:30am EDT

Data and Trends for Ecosystem DevelopersNow Open Second Street GallerySean Carr, Ph.D. • Eva Doss • Melody Koh • Johnny Magdaleno • Christiana McFarland • Joe Whitchurch • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Capital One

11:40am EDT

Decrypting Crypto Fascist Symbolism With Tensorflow Violet Crown - Theater 4Emily Crose • S&P Global • Capital One

1:20pm EDT

The Art and Science of BieberfindingFull Violet Crown - Theater 4Alec Gosse • S&P Global • Capital One

2:00pm EDT

Why It Pays to Startup in Small CitiesFull Second Street GalleryChris Harris • Kendall Morris • Will Morris • Mary Stargel • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Capital One

4:20pm EDT

Recommendation Systems for Edge DevicesNow Open Violet Crown - Theater 5Tyler Hutcherson • S&P Global • Capital One

5:00pm EDT

Life After Death with John Cleese and UVA DOPSNow Open The Paramount TheaterJohn Cleese • Bruce Greyson, M.D. • Jim B. Tucker M.D. • Edward Kelly, Ph.D. • Emily Williams Kelly, Ph.D. • Kim Penberthy, Ph.D. • Division of Perceptual Studies

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

10:30am EDT

After August 12th: Freedom of Speech and Domestic TerrorNow Open The Paramount Theater - Balcony LoungeLandon Shroder • Alan Bradstock • Mary McCord • Abigail Spanberger • RVA MAG

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

12:30pm EDT

The Front Porch Jam Band - Roots Emancipation ParkThe Front Porch

1:40pm EDT

Buddha Council Emancipation ParkBuddha Council