DoD foreign-language and culture school at the Presidio of Monterey — primary language and intelligence training for the armed forces.

Public aquarium and ocean-conservation nonprofit on Cannery Row — marine preservation and the Seafood Watch program.

Deep-sea research institute on Monterey Bay (Packard-founded) — ocean science, marine robotics, and instrumentation.

US Navy graduate research university in Monterey, CA — national security, operations research, defense systems, and cyber.

New York NY. Ideas worth spreading. Annual conference + TED Talks platform. TED Fellowship program selects ~20 fellows/year — innovators, scientists, artists, entrepreneurs working on under-reported problems. Jon Gosier was TED Fellow 2009, TED Senior Fellow. Troy Pearsall met Jon Gosier at TED. Born in Monterey in 1984 and hosted there through 2009 (the origin of TED Talks) before moving to Long

Motorsport road course above Monterey (the Corkscrew turn) — IndyCar, IMSA, MotoAmerica; Monterey County-operated.