diff --git a/libraries/bot-builder/src/main/java/com/microsoft/bot/builder/TranscriptLoggerMiddleware.java b/libraries/bot-builder/src/main/java/com/microsoft/bot/builder/TranscriptLoggerMiddleware.java
index e3ea52a12..bf77ddb2c 100644
--- a/libraries/bot-builder/src/main/java/com/microsoft/bot/builder/TranscriptLoggerMiddleware.java
+++ b/libraries/bot-builder/src/main/java/com/microsoft/bot/builder/TranscriptLoggerMiddleware.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package com.microsoft.bot.builder;
 
 import com.microsoft.bot.schema.Activity;
+import com.microsoft.bot.schema.ActivityEventNames;
 import com.microsoft.bot.schema.ActivityTypes;
 import com.microsoft.bot.schema.ChannelAccount;
 import com.microsoft.bot.schema.RoleTypes;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 import java.util.Queue;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * When added, this middleware will log incoming and outgoing activities to a
@@ -57,7 +59,22 @@ public TranscriptLoggerMiddleware(TranscriptLogger withTranscriptLogger) {
     public CompletableFuture<Void> onTurn(TurnContext context, NextDelegate next) {
         // log incoming activity at beginning of turn
         if (context.getActivity() != null) {
-            logActivity(Activity.clone(context.getActivity()), true);
+            if (context.getActivity().getFrom() == null) {
+                context.getActivity().setFrom(new ChannelAccount());
+            }
+
+            if (context.getActivity().getFrom().getProperties().get("role") == null
+                && context.getActivity().getFrom().getRole() == null
+            ) {
+                context.getActivity().getFrom().setRole(RoleTypes.USER);
+            }
+
+            // We should not log ContinueConversation events used by skills to initialize the middleware.
+            if (!(context.getActivity().isType(ActivityTypes.EVENT)
+                && StringUtils.equals(context.getActivity().getName(), ActivityEventNames.CONTINUE_CONVERSATION))
+            ) {
+                logActivity(Activity.clone(context.getActivity()), true);
+            }
         }
 
         // hook up onSend pipeline
diff --git a/libraries/bot-builder/src/test/java/com/microsoft/bot/builder/TranscriptMiddlewareTest.java b/libraries/bot-builder/src/test/java/com/microsoft/bot/builder/TranscriptMiddlewareTest.java
index c1bfcd788..0945d80dd 100644
--- a/libraries/bot-builder/src/test/java/com/microsoft/bot/builder/TranscriptMiddlewareTest.java
+++ b/libraries/bot-builder/src/test/java/com/microsoft/bot/builder/TranscriptMiddlewareTest.java
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ public final void Transcript_RolesAreFilled() {
             // message. As demonstrated by the asserts after this TestFlow block
             // the role attribute is present on the activity as it is passed to
             // the transcript, but still missing inside the flow
-            Assert.assertNull(context.getActivity().getFrom().getRole());
+            Assert.assertNotNull(context.getActivity().getFrom().getRole());
             conversationId[0] = context.getActivity().getConversation().getId();
             context.sendActivity("echo:" + context.getActivity().getText()).join();
             return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
diff --git a/libraries/bot-schema/src/main/java/com/microsoft/bot/schema/ActivityEventNames.java b/libraries/bot-schema/src/main/java/com/microsoft/bot/schema/ActivityEventNames.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c1e81494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/bot-schema/src/main/java/com/microsoft/bot/schema/ActivityEventNames.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+package com.microsoft.bot.schema;
+
+/**
+ * Define values for common event names used by activities of type
+ * ActivityTypes.Event.
+ */
+public final class ActivityEventNames {
+    private ActivityEventNames() {
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The event name for continuing a conversation.
+     */
+    public static final String CONTINUE_CONVERSATION = "ContinueConversation";
+
+    /**
+     * The event name for creating a conversation.
+     */
+    public static final String CREATE_CONVERSATION = "CreateConversation";
+}