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Summits
Multi-Sector Conversations about Our Biggest Challenges — and Our Greatest Opportunities.
A Year-Round Dialogue
At the core of the Tom Tom Foundation’s work is a simple belief: solutions emerge when leaders come together across backgrounds, ideologies, and sectors to discuss problems and design new paths forward. Tom Tom Summits are facilitated, year-long conversations that bring together changemakers from government, education, business, and the nonprofit world to collaborate and turn ideas into action.
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Recent Summits
ReEntry
This 2024 Summit was a first-of-its-kind event for the criminal justice community to better coordinate resources to help those returning to society from jail and prison, and raise awareness in the general public. Spanning three summits, working groups generated over 35 pages of data, and ultimately issued a report to local municipalities with cross-sector recommendations.
Homegrown Innovators’ Roundtable
What does it take to start, grow, and sustain high-impact companies in Charlottesville? The Homegrown Innovators’ Roundtable brought together founders and executives representing the region’s most promising startups and established firms across biotechnology, AI, defense, and consumer goods.
If you have a topic that you believe Charlottesville should explore, share your idea with us!
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