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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.

Sarah Benson

UVA
PhD Student
skb9bf@virginia.edu

9:00am EDT

Youth SummitNow Open The Paramount TheaterAce Callwood • UVA 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

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

KEYNOTE: You've Got the PowerNow Open The Jefferson TheaterAtima Omara • Jenn Brown • Lennon Flowers • Steven Olikara

1:05pm EDT

Can a Machine Be Racist or Sexist?Now Open Violet Crown - Theater 5Renee Teate • 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

3:30pm EDT

Teaching Skills That MatterNow Open Welcome GalleryKendall Morris • Evelyn Aissa • Jared Bigham • Michael Hostad

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

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

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

2:00pm EDT

Sex in Public: Gender and Political OfficeNow Open The Paramount Theater - Balcony LoungeJennifer Wright • Jenn Brown • Atima Omara

10:00am EDT

Partner Event: We Are Here Diversity FestivalNow Open IX Art ParkVanessa Braganza • Susan Bro • Khizr Khan • Office for Diversity and Equity

6:25pm EDT

The National Reserve - Rock Emancipation ParkThe National Reserve

9:15pm EDT

Mates of State - Pop Emancipation ParkMates of State