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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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Mbugua Karanja

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

6:00pm EDT

Community Workshop: Increasing Productivity and Workflow Using Digital ToolsFull Babylon Micro Farms OfficeLorraine Sanders

5:00pm EDT

Community Workshop: Listening Like You Mean ItFull Bridge PAILisa Rogoff

7:00pm EDT

Crowdfunded Pitch NightNow Open The Jefferson TheateriLab • Citizen Burger Bar • Community Investment Collaborative • UVA Community Credit Union

11:00am EDT

New Frontiers in Digital MedicineAlmost Full Violet Crown - Theater 6Shaival Kapadia • Phil Bourne • Ethan Dmitrovsky

1:05pm EDT

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

1:40pm EDT

Empowering People and Thwarting MachinesFull Violet Crown - Theater 4Thom Miano • S&P Global • Capital One

2:00pm EDT

Freelancing: A Survival Guide to the Future of WorkAlmost Full Welcome GalleryJohn Reinhold • Ace Callwood • Anna Payne-Fife • Jeff Tennery • Claire Wasserman • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

4:00pm EDT

Community Workshop: Design Thinking and Talent Development: For Job-SeekersFull Babylon Micro Farms OfficeCarolyn Kalantari • Julia Lapan

6:00pm EDT

Community Workshop: Spotting Sensationalized Science in the NewsNow Open University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied ScienceScience Policy Initiative at UVA • Caitlin Donahue Wylie

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

Silent DiscoFull Old Metropolitan Hall

9:00am EDT

Founding Stories - GRIT: Overcoming AdversityNow Open The Paramount TheaterNatalie Brzezinski • Mark Brzezinski • Bradford Manning • Leland Melvin • Bryan Smith • Mark Warner • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • Eric Martin

10:30am EDT

Founding Stories - CREATIVITY: Building Outside the BoxNow Open The Paramount TheaterMark Brzezinski • Vincent Kadlubek • Willowtree • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

12:00pm EDT

Founders Luncheon: STEAM Ahead: Inclusive InnovationAlmost Full Brasserie SaisonNatalie Brzezinski • Knatokie Ford • Leland Melvin • Lynchburg Economic Development Authority • Virginia National Bank

2:00pm EDT

Get Smart: Beyond the Buzzwords on Open DataFull Common House - Vinegar Hall SouthLiz Farmer • Zac Bookman • David Doyle • Andrew Kleine • Clarence Wardell

3:00pm EDT

Solving Civic Problems with DataNow Open The Paramount Theater - Balcony LoungeSheila Dugan

5:00pm EDT

Tech Mixer Emancipation ParkArcheMedX • CoConstruct • Covintus • CvilleBioHub • GovSmart • HRDL, Inc. • iLab • MDV-SEIA • Silverchair • StoryWare • Ting • Totem • vlncomm • Generation 180 • Lynchburg Economic Development Authority • Indoor Biotechnologies • Community Investment Collaborative • Frederick Maryland Chamber of Commerce • Richmond Window Corporation • Roanoke Regional Partnership, Blacksburg Technology Council • Virginia Diodes • Focused Ultrasound Foundation • S&P Global • Locus Health • Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine • Eric Martin • Capital One • The Front Porch • Perrone Robotics • Woods Rogers • Sigora Solar • Sun Tribe Solar • Sir Speedy • Charlottesville Women in Tech • Jefferson Technology

12:00pm EDT

Artisanal Tom Tom Emancipation Park

2:00pm EDT

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