You should read Sahar Sarid’s post “Carnegie Says ‘No’ To New Domain Extensions” and the corresponding comments today, as some of the industry’s most successful people have left comments on Sahar’s blog post, including Frank Schilling, Chris Hartnett and Kevin Ham.

TRAFFIC co-founder Rick Schwartz got Terry Jones and Steve Forbes to speak at the domain industry’s most important conference. This year’s TRAFFIC show in New York is also one of the most important events in the history of the domain industry ever, because it takes place in times that domains finally get some positive attention and press coverage in the traditional media, and investors and marketers have just begun to see the great value of generic domain names. Therefore, TRAFFIC NY will take off in the very right place, namely in the neighborhood of Wall Street and Madison Avenue.

Terry Jones, founder and former CEO of Travelocity.com, will speak at TRAFFIC New York next week. Steve Forbes will be the keynote speaker at TRAFFIC East in Miami in October. Excerpt from Rick’s blog post:

Then on October 10th in Miami, Steve Forbes will take the stage at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. EAST. Mr. Forbes is President and CEO of Forbes and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine.You will find that he has a great interest in what we do. I think you will find his words more than insightful and we are lucky to have someone of his stature coming to speak.