Roger Conway
Director, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, Office of the Chief Economist, USDA
Roger Conway is Director of the Office of Energy Policy and New Uses in the Office of the Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). He has served as USDA representative for such activities as the Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Energy Strategy, the DOE Oil and Gas Initiative and the White House Bioenergy Initiative. Published in numerous journals including the American Journal of Agricultural Economics and the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Conway writes about global warming, international trade, commodity policy, agricultural investment and macroeconomic policy. He was previously a public policy leader for USDA's Economic Research Service, for which the USDA gave him the Distinguished Service Award in biofuel activities. Conway has a bachelor's degree from The George Washington University, a master's degree from George Mason University and a Ph.D. in economics from The George Washington University.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.