Gary McDowell is the Executive Director of Future of Research, a non-profit organization that promotes
grassroots advocacy among junior scientists to advance improvements and reform of the scientific enterprise.
The Beijing Energy Network (BEN or 北京能源网络) is a
grassroots organization based in Beijing with a mission of promoting networking and collaboration in understanding and tackling China's energy and environmental challenges
among individuals and organizations from diverse sectors such as government, finance, industry, media,
advocacy, think tanks and academia.