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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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Sabrina Feggans

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

Master Class: Discover Your Positioning DNA and Dominate Your CompetitionNow Open Old Metropolitan HallHenry Hwong • StoryWare • Willowtree

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

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

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

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