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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.

Keaton Wadzinski

ReinventED Lab
Executive Director
Nashville, TN

Keaton Wadzinski is a fourth year student at the University of Virginia studying education innovation and social entrepreneurship. He is the founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit ReinventED Lab (reinventedlab.org). Keaton hosts K-12 design sessions as a Design Project Facilitator for Albemarle County Public Schools, and sits on the VA Governor’s Council for Youth Entrepreneurship.

5:00pm EDT

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

7:00pm EDT

Partner Event: Cville Gives Grant NightNow Open Three Notch'd Craft Kitchen & BreweryPosner Wealth Management

9:00am EDT

Youth SummitNow Open The Paramount TheaterAce Callwood • UVA Curry School of Education • ReinventED Lab

12:00pm EDT

Youth Summit: MakervilleNow Open IX Art ParkUVA Curry School of Education • ReinventED Lab

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

10:30am EDT

How Ready for Funding Are You?Full The Paramount Theater - Balcony LoungeRoss Baird • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Virginia is for Entrepreneurs • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

2:00pm EDT

Unleashing the Power of Public Prototyping: An Inside Look at Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors ChallengeNow Open The Paramount Theater - Balcony LoungeKatie Appel Duda • Maureen Devlin • Ryan Pierce • Jan Rader

3:30pm EDT

Tour: The Evolution of Industry at Woolen MillsAlmost Full Woolen MillsLee Catlin • Brian Roy • Albemarle County

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

10:30am EDT

Master Class: Design the Future You LoveAlmost Full Common House - Vinegar Hall NorthUVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Marie Schacht

12:00pm EDT

Founders Luncheon: Art, Fantasy, and Mystery: Meow WolfNow Open The BebederoVincent Kadlubek • WHURK • UVA Arts • Charlottesville Area Community 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

5:00pm EDT

Block Party Emancipation ParkNew Belgium • C-Ville Weekly

2:00pm EDT

Partner Event: Gamecrafters of C'villeNow Open IX Art Park