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Tom Tom Festival 2026

Rachel Beider

One Big Venture Inc

CEO

Brooklyn, New York

https://onebigventure.com/

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Entrepreneur, investor, advisor.

5:00pm EDT

Summit Social The FitzroyRadioIQ • UVA Health • Common House • UVA Innovates

7:00pm EDT

Crowdfunded Pitch Night CODE BuildingAndrew Schoka • Jenny Lynn Walding • Jermeen Sherman • Troy Robinson • Amanda Terillo • Darrick Hanks-Harris • Mollie Griddine • Jake Adler • Jay Berget • Elliott Butler-Cisneros • Christina Washington • Black Ambition • Code Building • Community Investment Collaborative • R.L.Beyer Custom Homes Headliner: John Grisham & Deirdre Enright - The Courage to Confront a Broken System The Paramount TheaterJohn Grisham • Deirdre Enright • Harvest Moon Catering

8:01am EDT

Innovation Summit | Registration, Coffee, and Networking CODE BuildingCode Building • Grit Coffee • City Charlottesville Office of Economic Development • UVA Health • UVA Innovates

9:00am EDT

Innovation Summit | Welcome Day 1 Irving theater, CODE BuildingPaul Beyer • Code Building • UVA Health • UVA Innovates

9:15am EDT

Courage is the First Ingredient: The LÄRABAR Founding Story and Building Companies With Intention Irving theater, CODE BuildingLara Merriken • Code Building • UVA Contemplative Sciences Center • UVA Health • UVA Innovates

11:30am EDT

Spotlight: AI + Entrepreneurship Irving theater, CODE BuildingMarty Weiner • Andrew Schoka • Omar Garriott • CAV Angels • Code Building • UVA Health • UVA Innovates

12:30pm EDT

Summit Lunch CODE BuildingCode Building • UVA Health • UVA Innovates

2:00pm EDT

From Voice to Power: Courageous Women Leading What’s Next Vault Virginia GalleryZakiya Alta Lee-Hill • Gail Burrell Gerry • Kate Byrne • Lara Merriken • Jenny Lynn Walding • Olivia Cleary • UVA Health • UVA Innovates • Vault Virginia

5:00pm EDT

Summit Social CODE BuildingGovSmart • RadioIQ • Code Building • Harvest Moon Catering • Venture Central • City Charlottesville Office of Economic Development • UVA Health • UVA Innovates • Luna Labs • Laser Thermal

8:00pm EDT

Tomorrow Gala | A Signature Thursday Night Celebration at Tom Tom The Bradbury & Vault VirginiaC. Burrows • Capoeira Resistência Cville • DND Dancers • Boxed Lunch • Erynn McLeod • Foreign Playerz • DJ Double U • The Bradbury • Harvest Moon Catering • City Of Charlottesville • R.L.Beyer Custom Homes • UVA Innovates • Ludwig Kuttner • Virginia Tourism • Vault Virginia • C-VILLE Weekly

8:01am EDT

Investor Connect Private Breakfast The BradburyDebbie Irwin • UVA Health • Common House • UVA Innovates

10:15am EDT

Innovation Showcase: Charlottesville’s Most Innovative The Common House Space - North RoomGraham Evans • David Touve • Malorie Black • Jenny Lynn Walding • Jack Deutsch • Revanth Damerla • Harry Dubke • Virginia Innovation Partnership Corp. (VIPC) • CAV Angels • UVA Health • Common House • UVA Innovates

11:45am EDT

Where Strategy Meets Reality: Executive Leadership in Action Irving theater, CODE BuildingKathryn Harris • Kristen Duckett • Lisa Bowers • Jennifer West • Code Building • UVA Health • UVA Innovates

4:00pm EDT

Inside the Investor Mind: A Live Startup Pitch Lab The Common House Space - South RoomDan Myers • UVA Health • Common House • UVA Innovates

5:00pm EDT

Fridays After Five: Go Go + R&B + Dance Ting PavilionQueen • DND Dancers • Elite Empire • Black Market • DJ Double U • DJ Reggie Wattz • City Of Charlottesville • R.L.Beyer Custom Homes • Ludwig Kuttner • Virginia Tourism • C-VILLE Weekly

9:00pm EDT

After Party | Hip Hop Galaxy MejicaliDJ Double U • DJ Reggie Wattz

3:00pm EDT

Downtown Mall Block Party | Kids Zone Downtown Mall | 5th Street CrossingHogs & Kisses • Virginia Discovery Museum • Communities in Schools • Bennett's Village • Friends of Charlottesville Downtown