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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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Kristen Chester

3:00pm EDT

Community Workshop: We All Scream for Ice Cream CakeFull Wonderment Bakeshop and CreameryStephanie Connock Taylor

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

1:05pm EDT

Can a Machine Be Racist or Sexist?Now Open Violet Crown - Theater 5Renee Teate • S&P Global • Capital One

1:30pm EDT

Social Bias in Machine LearningAlmost Full Violet Crown - Theater 5Renee Teate • Emily Crose • Natalie Evans Harris • Vicente Ordonez • S&P Global • Capital One

2:05pm EDT

KEYNOTE: How to Fail Spectacularly at AnalyticsFull Violet Crown - Theater 5Antonia de Medinaceli • S&P Global • Capital One

2:45pm EDT

Explainable AI: Key Techniques and Societal ImplicationsAlmost Full Violet Crown - Theater 5Mark Ibrahim • Ceena Modarres • S&P Global • Capital One

3:30pm EDT

KEYNOTE: Defending the Digital Space: Fake News, Hate Speech, and Big BrotherNow Open The Jefferson TheaterSiva Vaidhyanathan • Renee Diresta • Garrett Graff • Cathy O'Neil • University of Virginia College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences • C-Ville Weekly

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

10:00pm EDT

Partner Event: Back That Thing Up Dance PartyNow Open The Jefferson TheaterThe Jefferson Theater