The 17th Monthly Meeting was held on 14th June 2004 at the Sheraton Hotel, Iwan Room. The two main speakers at the meeting were Dr. Jassim Al Mannai, Chairman and General Manager of the Arab Monetary Fund, United Arab Emirates and Dr. Khalid Abdulla, member of the Bahrain Economic Society. The Topic of their talks was “Future of the Regional and Economic Integration between GCC States”. The meeting was sponsored by the Bahrain Financial Harbour.