June 2 Keynote Speaker

William M. Tsutsui is professor of history and associate dean for international studies in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Kansas.   A specialist in the economic, environmental, and cultural history of twentieth-century Japan, he is the author or editor of six books, including Godzilla on My Mind: Fifty Years of the King of Monsters (2004), called a "cult classic" by the New York Times.  

Dr. Tsutsui has served as president of the Kansas State Historical Society and as program chair of the Kansas Humanities Council.   He is also director of the Kansas Consortium for Teaching about Asia, which has offered professional development seminars on East Asian history and culture for K-12 teachers for the past eight years.

June 3 Keynote Speaker

Toby Madden is a regional economist in the public affairs department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. In this position, he writes articles for bank publications and frequently speaks on the district economy. In addition, Madden is actively involved with the bank's economic education program.

Madden joined the Minneapolis Fed in 1995 as a management analyst in the automated clearing house area. Prior to joining the Fed, Madden worked for five years at TCF Financial Corporation in investments and management reporting and for five years at Ernst and Young as a senior consultant in the financial services industry group.