diff --git a/internal_packages/composer-scheduler/lib/composer/new-event-preview.jsx b/internal_packages/composer-scheduler/lib/composer/new-event-preview.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..437dc45a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal_packages/composer-scheduler/lib/composer/new-event-preview.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import moment from 'moment-timezone'
+import React from 'react'
+import {Utils, DateUtils} from 'nylas-exports'
+import b64Imgs from './email-b64-images'
+
+const TZ = moment.tz(Utils.timeZone).format("z");
+
+export default class NewEventPreview extends React.Component {
+  static propTypes = {
+    event: React.PropTypes.object,
+  }
+
+  static defaultProps = {
+    draft: {},
+  }
+
+  static displyName = "NewEventPreview";
+
+  _renderB64Img(name, styles = {}) {
+    let imgStyles = {
+      width: "16px",
+      height: "16px",
+      display: "inline-block",
+      marginRight: "10px",
+      backgroundRepeat: "no-repeat",
+      backgroundImage: `url('${b64Imgs[name]}')`,
+    }
+    imgStyles = Object.assign(imgStyles, styles);
+    return <div style={imgStyles}></div>
+  }
+
+  _renderEventInfo() {
+    const styles = {
+      fontSize: "20px",
+      fontWeight: 400,
+      margin: "0 10px 15px 10px",
+    }
+    const noteStyles = {
+      marginTop: "12px",
+      paddingLeft: "40px",
+    }
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <h2 style={styles}>
+          {this._renderB64Img("description", {verticalAlign: "middle"})}
+          {this.props.event.title}
+        </h2>
+        <span style={{margin: "0 10px"}}>
+          {this._renderB64Img("time", {verticalAlign: "super"})}
+          {this._renderEventTime()}
+        </span>
+        <div style={noteStyles}>You will receive a calendar invite for this event shortly.</div>
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+
+  _renderEventTime() {
+    const start = moment.unix(this.props.event._start)
+    const end = moment.unix(this.props.event._end).add(1, 'second')
+    const dayTxt = start.format(DateUtils.DATE_FORMAT_LLLL_NO_TIME)
+    const tz = (<span style={{fontSize: "10px", color: "#aaa"}}>{TZ}</span>);
+    const styles = {
+      display: "inline-block",
+    }
+    return <span style={styles}>{dayTxt}<br />{`${start.format("LT")} – ${end.format("LT")}`} {tz}</span>
+  }
+
+  _sEventPreviewWrap() {
+    return {
+      borderRadius: "4px",
+      border: "1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.15)",
+      padding: "15px",
+      margin: "10px 0",
+      position: "relative",
+    }
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <div style={this._sEventPreviewWrap()}>
+        {this._renderEventInfo()}
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+}
diff --git a/internal_packages/composer-scheduler/lib/composer/scheduler-composer-extension.es6 b/internal_packages/composer-scheduler/lib/composer/scheduler-composer-extension.es6
index 51c39e883..9a5ba1b9c 100644
--- a/internal_packages/composer-scheduler/lib/composer/scheduler-composer-extension.es6
+++ b/internal_packages/composer-scheduler/lib/composer/scheduler-composer-extension.es6
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import {PLUGIN_ID} from '../scheduler-constants'
+import NewEventPreview from './new-event-preview'
 import ProposedTimeList from './proposed-time-list'
 import {Event, Actions, RegExpUtils, ComposerExtension} from 'nylas-exports'
 
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ export default class SchedulerComposerExtension extends ComposerExtension {
 
   static _insertProposalsIntoBody(draft, metadata) {
     const nextDraft = draft;
-    if (metadata && metadata.proposals) {
+    if (metadata.proposals && metadata.proposals.length > 0) {
       const el = React.createElement(ProposedTimeList,
         {
           draft: nextDraft,
@@ -93,6 +94,14 @@ export default class SchedulerComposerExtension extends ComposerExtension {
       const markup = React.renderToStaticMarkup(el);
       const nextBody = SchedulerComposerExtension._insertInBody(nextDraft.body, markup)
       nextDraft.body = nextBody;
+    } else {
+      const el = React.createElement(NewEventPreview,
+        {
+          event: metadata.pendingEvent,
+        });
+      const markup = React.renderToStaticMarkup(el);
+      const nextBody = SchedulerComposerExtension._insertInBody(nextDraft.body, markup)
+      nextDraft.body = nextBody;
     }
     return nextDraft
   }
diff --git a/src/date-utils.es6 b/src/date-utils.es6
index fb22a26bb..da0628ed1 100644
--- a/src/date-utils.es6
+++ b/src/date-utils.es6
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ const DateUtils = {
 
   DATE_FORMAT_llll_NO_TIME: moment.localeData().longDateFormat("llll").replace(/h:mm/, "").replace(" A", ""),
 
+  DATE_FORMAT_LLLL_NO_TIME: moment.localeData().longDateFormat("LLLL").replace(/h:mm/, "").replace(" A", ""),
+
   format(momentDate, formatString) {
     if (!momentDate) return null;
     return momentDate.format(formatString);