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My pal Josh Taves of Dogwood Coffee just wrote to tell me about a really cool event that’s set for July 20 in Thornton, Colorado: It’s All About Coffee Lecture & Forum!
Hosted by the Rocky Mountain Craft Coffee Alliance ”which is a community-building group originally started by Chris Schooley and now run by Miguel Vicuna and James Lopez ”the event will bring together eight presenters who will speak on a variety of topics all relating to coffee. From such diverse backgrounds as science, philosophy, and customer service, the roster of speakers includes the following:
¢ 2011 North Central Regional Brewers Cup Champion Jonathan Jarrow
![Jonathan Jarrow, a master at all things manual brew.](http://baristamagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Jonathan-Jarrow-214x300.jpg)
¢ Scott Rojohn: Josh describes Scott as “an insanely smart ex-aerospace engineer who is retired and has a commerical roaster in his basement (a Diedrich IR-7 with afterburner, just for fun, he doesn’t sell his coffee, and a full espresso bar in his kitchen (Synesso Hydra 2 group). He is one of the most brilliant tech guys I have ever met.”
¢ Chris Schooley who is known for his extensive work for the Roasters Guild
¢ Jessica Brooks, head trainer for Allegro Coffee, Q-Grader, and longtime USBC judge
¢ Sarada Krishnan, director of horticulture at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Read more about her research into preserving coffee gene pools HERE.
![Sarada Krishnan, director of horticulture at the Denver Botanic Gardens, holds coffee tree leaves she collected recently from a trip to South Sudan to study the DNA of the plants. (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post)](http://baristamagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/20120524__20120527_E2_AE27COFFEEp1_200.jpg)
¢ Josh Taves of Dogwood Coffee, who was in the top three in the uber-competitive North Central Regional Barista Championship this year
And others to soon be announced!
![Allegro Coffee in Thornton, Colorado, will host the It's All About Coffee Lecture & Forum on July 20.](http://baristamagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/AllegroLogo-300x169.jpg)