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Tom Tom Festival 2019

THE BIG FESTIVAL ABOUT SMALL CITIES
Tom Tom champions civic innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship in America’s hometowns.

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Tim Taylor

Hewlett Packard
Retired
Charlottesville

8:00am EDT

Downtown Business Passport Downtown MallDowntown Business Association of Charlottesville • Cville Escape Room

5:00pm EDT

Craft Cocktail Competition Downtown Mall

6:00pm EDT

Cville Gives Grant Night: Cocktail Hour MixerNOW OPEN Common House: NorthPosner Wealth Management The Whole Grain Truth about Nutrition and GlutenNOW OPEN Great Harvest Bread CoAileen Magnotto

6:45pm EDT

Cville Gives Grant NightALMOST FULL Common House: NorthPosner Wealth Management

7:30pm EDT

Bartenders BallNOW OPEN Old Metropolitan HallCarrie Meslar • River Hawkins • Morgan Roberts-Harrison • Kelly Cline • Cierra Biel • Reid Dougherty • Alec Spidalieri • Clay Tolbert • Andrea Rouillard • Joe Koscielniak • Shannon Cruse Ranson • Timmy Faillace • Catoctin Creek

9:30am EDT

Youth Innovation ConferenceNOW OPEN The Paramount TheaterZyahna Bryant • Jaclyn Corin • UVA Curry School of Education • Manning Family Foundation • ReinventED Lab

11:15am EDT

Project Expo & Lunch The Paramount TheaterUVA Curry School of Education • Manning Family Foundation • ReinventED Lab

12:00pm EDT

Keynote Talk: Parkland Student and March For Our Lives Cofounder Jaclyn CorinNOW OPEN The Paramount TheaterCatherine Bradshaw • Jaclyn Corin

1:45pm EDT

How to Tell Your Organization's Story to Get Media CoverageWAITLIST Community Investment CollaborativeCommunity Investment Collaborative • Matt Charles Public Relations

3:45pm EDT

Hoos in the KitchenNOW OPEN Common House: NorthMelissa Palombi • Andy McClure • Walter Slawski • Laura Brown • Sarah Cramer Shields • Tanya Holland • Kate Collier

5:00pm EDT

International Rescue Committee Open HouseNOW OPEN International Rescue CommitteeInternational Rescue Committee Entrepreneurship Cup and Venture Showcase Cville Machine

5:30pm EDT

For Us, By Us? The Constitution 231 Years LaterNOW OPEN Common House: NorthPrice Thomas • Jamelle Bouie • Hannah Scruggs • James Madison's Montpelier

6:00pm EDT

Untold Stories in Charlottesville: A Screening & Conversation with Local FilmmakersNOW OPEN Vinegar Hill TheaterSarad Davenport • Tanesha Hudson • Lorenzo Dickerson • Light House Studio & Vinegar Hill Theatre

8:00pm EDT

Free Screening of Black Panther and Community FundraiserNOW OPEN The Paramount TheaterAfrican American Teaching Fellows • Abundant Life • City of Promise

9:00pm EDT

Summit Speakeasy at Commonwealth SkybarWAITLIST Commonwealth Restaurant & SkybarMojo Parker • Commonwealth Restaurant &amp

8:00am EDT

Ending Poverty in CharlottesvilleWAITLIST Common House: NorthFrank Friedman • Ridge Schuyler • Frank Squillace • Garreth McAdam • Network2Work at PVCC

9:00am EDT

Civic Innovation Conference: Opening Remarks The Jefferson TheaterDayna Matthew • Hartfield Foundation • UVA Office of the Provost

10:00am EDT

How Do We Support an Age-Friendly Community? Common House: SouthMarta Keane • Bob Eiffert • Chip Boyles • Natalie Snider • Hartfield Foundation • Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital • UVA Office of the Provost Let’s Talk About Policing: Public Safety, Innovation, and Your Town Violet Crown: Theater 3Larry Terry • Harold Folley • Robert Jackson • Tommye Sutton • Hartfield Foundation • UVA Office of the Provost

11:00am EDT

Budgeting for Inclusivity Common House: SouthErik Fabian • Bobby Hopewell • Hartfield Foundation • UVA Office of the Provost

12:00pm EDT

Renewable Energy Conference: Networking Lunch Violet CrownCharlottesville Office of Economic Development • Advanced Energy Economy • Apex Clean Energy

12:30pm EDT

Creativity Between the Coasts: A keynote talk with Noah HorowitzNOW OPEN The Jefferson TheaterCarl Swanson • Noah Horowitz • Hartfield Foundation • UVA Office of the Provost

1:45pm EDT

What Role Should the University Play in Affordable Housing? Violet Crown: Theater 3Sheila Dugan • Stelfanie Williams • Hartfield Foundation • UVA Office of the Provost A Conversation about Energy Storage Violet Crown: Theater 5Michael Lenox • Stephen Coughlin • Apex Clean Energy • Sun Tribe Solar

2:45pm EDT

The Eviction Challenge: How Do We Prevent Homelessness Before It Starts? Violet Crown: Theater 3Matt Pritchard • Hartfield Foundation • UVA Office of the Provost

3:30pm EDT

Affordable Housing: Five Innovative Strategies Violet Crown: Theater 3Chip Boyles • Roy Decker • Monique Johnson • Sunshine Mathon • Rusty Smith • Chris Thompson • Hartfield Foundation • UVA Office of the Provost

3:45pm EDT

Criminal Justice Reform Must Start With the Franchise: Is Florida a Model for Virginia & Beyond? Violet Crown: Theater 2Nora Demleitner • Melba Pearson • Hartfield Foundation • UVA Office of the Provost Climate Change and the Benefits of Clean Energy Technologies Violet Crown: Theater 4Karla Loeb • Erik Johnson • Taylor Sloane • Michael Wu • Apex Clean Energy • Sigora Solar

5:00pm EDT

Civic Innovation Conference: Networking Happy Hour Common HouseHartfield Foundation • UVA Office of the Provost

8:00pm EDT

The Future of Cannabis: A Headlining Conversation about LegalizationNOW OPEN The Paramount TheaterJohn Hudak • Jenn Michelle Pedini • Steven Hawkins • Jane West • Hope Wiseman

9:00pm EDT

Rapture After Party with the MammothsNOW OPEN Rapture Restaurant & Night ClubThe Mammoths • Night Club

8:00am EDT

Applied Machine Learning Conference: Networking Coffee The Jefferson TheaterS&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute

8:30am EDT

Applied Machine Learning Conference Violet CrownJoaquín Alori • Will Badart • Derek Bivona • Carlos Blancarte • Ben Bland • Adam Blum • Drew Bollinger • Tom Brock • Taylor Brown • Tatyana Casino • Martin Chobanyan • Nate Day • Kimberly Deas • Pierre DeBois • Ryan Duve • Chris Eichelberger • Daniel Emaasit • Andrew Fast • Kashaun Finch • Miriam Friedel • William Goodrum • John Harris • Henry Harris • Elizabeth Harrison • Matthew Hendrickson • Sakshi Jawarani • Brad Johnson • Mo Johnson • Neeyanth Kopparapu • Anton Korinek • Olivera Kotevska • Stephen Levin • Steven Lott • Malcolm MacLachlan • Sean Mullane • Sarah Olson • Esther Onega • Bill Panak • Murugesan Ramakrishnan • Rakesh Ravi • Charu Rawat • Austin Rochford • Erin Ryan • Arnab Sarkar • Aman Shrivastava • Sameer Singh • Varshini Sriram • Anthony Teate • Renee Teate • Andrew Therriault • Samantha Toet • Alli Torban • Sri Vaishnavi Vemulapalli • Tianlu Wang • Courtney Whalen • Joy Williams • Vida Williams • Ken Zamkow • Michael Zelenetz • S&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute

9:00am EDT

Data is Rarely Neutral: Bias in the Practice of Data The Jefferson TheaterVida Williams • S&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute

10:00am EDT

Case Study: How did 4,000-person Lewisburg, West Virginia become a cultural hot spot? Common House: SouthRenee Margocee • Sara Crickenberger • Cathey Sawyer • FUNd @ CACF • IX Art Park History, Family, and the Role of the Institution in Modern Life: A Conversation with Melani Douglass Vinegar Hill TheaterGayle Jessup White • Melani Douglass • FUNd @ CACF • IX Art Park

10:15am EDT

Don't Stop Disbelieving Violet Crown: Theater 5Chris Eichelberger • S&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute Social Media Sentiment Analysis with R - Bot or Not? Violet Crown: Theater 4Samantha Toet • MTEQ • S&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute

10:50am EDT

A Deep Learning Approach to Meme Generation Violet Crown: Theater 5Murugesan Ramakrishnan • Sri Vaishnavi Vemulapalli • S&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute

11:00am EDT

Cheats Movement Podcast: Hip Hop in Higher Education Common House: SouthA.D. Carson • Marc Cheatham • Ricky Parker • FUNd @ CACF • IX Art Park How to Develop a Data-Driven Creative Placemaking Strategy for Your Community Common House: NorthSteven Pedigo • Anna Bentson • Rosamond Fletcher • Kian Kamas • Lynchburg Economic Development Authority • FUNd @ CACF • IX Art Park The Future of Work, Love, and Design: An Immersive Sound Experience with Design Pioneer Pamela Abalu and Violinist Andrei MatorinNOW OPEN Vinegar Hill TheaterPamela Abalu • Andrei Matorin • FUNd @ CACF • IX Art Park

11:15am EDT

"Becoming a Data Scientist" Live Podcast featuring Andrew Therriault Violet Crown: Theater 4Renee Teate • Andrew Therriault • S&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute

11:45am EDT

Applied Machine Learning Conference: Networking Lunch Violet CrownS&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute

12:00pm EDT

Career & Life Design: Designing Your Path ForwardALMOST FULL Common House: NorthJulia Lapan • Marga Odahowski

12:30pm EDT

Love, Community, and Fine Art: A Keynote Talk by Visual and Performing Artist Vanessa GermanNOW OPEN The Jefferson TheaterVanessa German • The Fralin Museum of Art • UVA Arts • FUNd @ CACF • IX Art Park

12:45pm EDT

Intelligent Virtual Assistants - The Good, Bad, and Ugly Violet Crown: Theater 5Olivera Kotevska • S&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute

1:05pm EDT

Collaboration between Data Scientist and Librarian/Project Manager Violet Crown: Theater 4Esther Onega • S&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute Devops in Data Science Panel Violet Crown: Theater 5Miriam Friedel • Steven Lott • Ken Zamkow • S&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute

2:50pm EDT

Balanced Datasets Are Not Enough: Estimating and Mitigating Gender Bias in Deep Image Representations Violet Crown: Theater 3Tianlu Wang • S&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute

3:50pm EDT

Machine Learning as a Tool to Address HIV Health Disparities Violet Crown, Theater 1Kimberly Deas • S&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute • Elder Research

4:25pm EDT

Challenges in Clinical Big Data Research: A Case Discussion Violet Crown, Theater 1Elizabeth Harrison • S&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute • Elder Research Leveraging Transit Data to Identify Quality Locations for High Density Urban Development Violet Crown: Theater 3Nate Day • Astraea • CCRI • S&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute Lightning Talks: A Comparison of Neural Network Methods for Accurate Sentiment Analysis of Stock Market Tweets Violet Crown: Theater 5S&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute

4:30pm EDT

Lightning Talks: Moving Objects in Exoplanet Mission Data: Studying the Solar System and Protecting the Earth Violet Crown: Theater 5Erin Ryan • S&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute

5:00pm EDT

Creative Ecosystems Conference: Networking Happy Hour Common HouseFUNd @ CACF • IX Art Park Applied Machine Learning Conference: Networking Happy Hour Violet CrownS&P Global • UVA Data Science Institute

5:30pm EDT

Crowdfunded Pitch Night Cocktail MixerNOW OPEN The Jefferson TheateriLab • Community Investment Collaborative

6:30pm EDT

Crowdfunded Pitch NightNOW OPEN The Jefferson TheaterHackCville • iLab • Blue Ridge Bank • Community Investment Collaborative

9:00pm EDT

The Tom Tom BashNOW OPEN The Paramount Theater

8:00am EDT

American Evolution Innovators Cup: Networking Coffee Violet CrownAmerican Evolution

8:45am EDT

Rise of the Rest: Venture Capital Outside Silicon Valley The Jefferson TheaterJason Feifer • Sameer Gulati • David Hall • Sean Henry • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

10:00am EDT

Let’s Talk About Amazon HQ2: How We Got Here + How the Rest of Virginia’s Cities Benefit Violet Crown: Theater 5Roben Farzad • Stephanie Landrum • Christina Winn • Stephen Moret • Timothy Sands • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

10:45am EDT

Four Big Ideas in the Ecosystem: Entrepreneurial Flash Talks Common House: SouthJoshua Anton • Grace Belangia • Anika Horn • Eric Parker • Marie Schacht

12:00pm EDT

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Conference: Networking Lunch The Jefferson TheaterUVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

1:15pm EDT

The Future of Healthcare Innovation: The Intersection of Life Science, Data, and Technology Violet Crown: Theater 4Denise Hubbard • Steve Hoang • Chad Rogers • Joel Selzer • CvilleBioHub • Indoor Biotechnologies • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • UVA Economic Development • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation • UVA Licensing & Ventures Group • ThermoFisher Scientific

2:30pm EDT

Kauffman Spotlight: Building Community-wide Buy-in and Advocacy Violet Crown: Theater 4Cecilia Wessinger • Tom Chapman • Anika Horn • Kim Lane • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

3:30pm EDT

Kauffman Spotlight: Diversity & Opportunity in Your Ecosystem Violet Crown: Theater 3Elizabeth Freeman • Felecia Hatcher-Pearson • Fay Horwitt • John McElligott • Cecilia Wessinger • UVA’s Batten Institute at the Darden School of Business • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

5:00pm EDT

Food Truck Roundup Market Street Park Block Party Market Street ParkAdar • Goose • Con Brio • The Fritz

6:30pm EDT

The Slate Political Gabfest Live ShowNOW OPEN The Paramount TheaterEmily Bazelon • Jamelle Bouie • John Dickerson • David Plotz

8:00pm EDT

Chris Alan: LYAO Comedy ShowcaseNOW OPEN The Southern Café and Music HallChris Alan

7:00am EDT

Saturday Morning Market Charlottesville City MarketCharlottesville Parks & Recreation

10:00am EDT

Iron Chef CompetitionWAITLIST Charlottesville City MarketClare Terni • Harrison Keevil • Kathryn Matthews • Travis Lively • Leni Sorsense • Julio Quispe • Curtis Shaver • City Market • Cavalier Produce

12:00pm EDT

Craft Cville Market Market Street ParkCraft Cville Food Truck Roundup Market Street Park Block Party Market Street ParkTrongone • Con Brio • Anthony Rosano and The Conqueroos • Roots of A Rebellion • Cville All Stars

8:00pm EDT

Upfront, Inc. and Tom Tom Present: Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood – Scared ScriptlessNOW OPEN The Paramount TheaterColin Mochrie • Brad Sherwood

10:45pm EDT

Elby Brass Downtown Parade Market Street ParkELBY Brass