diff --git a/release-notes/README.md b/release-notes/README.md
index f74c7e2..65fda44 100644
--- a/release-notes/README.md
+++ b/release-notes/README.md
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ Ask team members if it is possible to release to:
 
 ### 3. `deadlines calendar`
 
+```
+This step creates a fully formatted mattermost message, informing developers and app-team about the deadlines.
+```
+
 The following deadlines must be established (pass them in this order to the below cli):
 
 - `prs_merge` (pull requests merge date) `usually one day before release to staging`: users have to get PRs (which must be testes by the App Team) merged in master by the end of this day
@@ -62,20 +66,23 @@ python scripts/3_deadlines_calendar.py <DATE> <DATE> <DATE> <DATE> <DATE> <DATE>
 
 ### 4. `release drafts compilation`
 
-Ideally these are done before the review. The App Team will most likely see them only during testing.
+```
+This step automatically creates drafts of the release notes, one for each osparc product. A Mattermost message is also provided.
+```
+
+First, make sure your desired release version (`X.X.X`) has a draft release item on github. If there isnt one yet, please create one. Ideally these are done before the review. The App Team will most likely see them only during testing.
 The email to the App Team should be sent briefly after the review is over.
 
-Use the following script to generate the new release drafts for all the products.
-A Mattermost message is also provided.
+The date/time that you provide as CLI is the deadline for people to check their PRs w.r.t. the release notes.
 
 :warning: Do not forget to commit and push the changes in the repository! :rotating_light:
 
 ```shell
-python scripts/4_make_release_drafts.py <VERSION> <DATE> <TIME>
+python scripts/4_make_release_drafts.py <VERSION> <DATE_DEADLINE> <TIME_DEADLINE>
 ```
 - `<VERSION>` format: `X.X.X` where `X` is a number
 - `<DATE>` format: `dd.mm` where `dd` is a valid calendar day and `mm` is valid calendar month
-- `<TIME>` format: `HH.MM` where `HH` is a valid hour and `MM` is valid minute
+- `<TIME>` format: `HH:MM` where `HH` is a valid hour and `MM` is valid minute
 
 
 :warning: Do not forget to commit and push the changes in the repository! :rotating_light:
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@ Ensure with the team that staging is properly deployed. Check the following:
 Compose and send out email to inform the App Team when they can start testing the deployment.
 
 ```shell
-python scripts/6_app_team_email.py <DATE> <DATE> <VERSION>
+python scripts/6_app_team_email.py <DATE_START_TESTING> <DATE_STOP_TESTING> <VERSION>
 ```
 - `<DATE>` format: `dd.mm` where `dd` is a valid calendar day and `mm` is valid calendar month
 - `<VERSION>` format: `X.X.X` where `X` is a number
diff --git a/reviews/20241028_MartinKippenberger.md b/reviews/20241028_MartinKippenberger.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..257615e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reviews/20241028_MartinKippenberger.md
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+# Review Meeting - October 28, 2024
+
+<img src="https://schema.gr/data/work/martin_kippenberger/schema_design_neon_museum_cycladic_art_martin_kippenberger_a_cry_for_freedom_exhibition_1.jpg" alt="Image" style="width:50%;">
+
+## Sprint 🏃
+
+- [**MartinKippenberger**](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Kippenberger)
+- Scrum Master: [DK]
+- Happenings:
+  - 🚀 sim4life-lite.io 8.2beta release on October 10 2024
+
+### Dashboards 📊
+
+- [POs' Backlog](https://github.com/orgs/ITISFoundation/projects/15/views/14?filterQuery=has%3Arequirement+) (PM1)
+- [Sprint Scrum Wall](https://github.com/orgs/ITISFoundation/projects/15/views/11) (developers' view)
+
+### Agenda 📝
+
+| Title                                                                       | Presenter                                   | Status          | Duration | Start-Time |
+| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | --------------- | -------- | ---------- |
+| [#1736] s4l-lite.io: Release 8.2beta                                        | [PC]                                        | **Done**        | 3'       | 10:05am    |
+| [#1534] Advanced Search Tool/Help Center                                    | [IP], [JQU], [MaG]                          | **In progress** | 3'       | 10:08am    |
+| [#1601] TIP: Thumbnails in Dashboard                                        | [MEST], [DK]                                | **Done**        | 1'       | 10:11am    |
+| [#716] Project Folders in User Workspace (Nov.)                             | [OM]                                        | **Done**        | 10'      | 10:12am    |
+| [#1408] Release Notes Improvements                                          | [ANE]                                       | **In progress** | 1'       | 10:22am    |
+| [#1327] Performance Improvements for Large Projects                         | [SAN], [DK]                                 | **Ongoing**     | 3'       | 10:23am    |
+| [#6411] Filesystem - Large File Handling (Caching)                          | [MD]                                        | **Done**        | 4'       | 10:26am    |
+| [#1727] Filesystem - Shared Folders                                         | [MD]                                        | **Planned**     | 0'       | 10:30am    |
+| [#1728] Persistant Look And Feel - oSparc                                   | [OM]                                        | **Done**        | 1'       | 10:30am    |
+| [#1305] sim4life.io User Feedback                                           | [IP], [JQU], [MaG]                          | **Ongoing**     | 6'       | 10:31am    |
+| [#1404] Sim4Life-Web dy-service versioning                                  | [PC]                                        | **In progress** | 3'       | 10:37am    |
+| [#1543] Support for PHRT - Priorized Bugfixing / Enhancements               | [OM]                                        | **In progress** | 3'       | 10:40am    |
+| [#468] Feature to undo a delete - "recycle bin" style                       | [PC]                                        | **In progress** | 5'       | 10:43am    |
+| [#1504] make s4l manual available to logged in users                        | [ANE], [MaG]                                | **In progress** | 3'       | 10:48am    |
+| [#1406] Sim4Life Desktop+Web UI Unification                                 | [SCA]                                       | **Paused**      | 0'       | 10:51am    |
+| [#1314] Touchscreen + Tablet support                                        | [JQU],                                      | **In progress** | 5'       | 10:51am    |
+| [#1328] Maintenance / Dev Issues                                            | [SAN],[PC],[YH]                             | **Ongoing**     | 8'       | 10:56am    |
+| [#1695] sim4life web: Maintenance and Bug Fixing                            | [MaG]                                       | **Ongoing**     | 2'       | 12:04am    |
+| [#1639] Portal Development                                                  | [IP]                                        | **Ongoing**     | 1'       | 11:06am    |
+| [#1730] Hardening the computational backend                                 | [PC]                                        | **In progress** | 5'       | 11:07am    |
+| [#1309] TIP v3 - osparc-devteam-tasks                                       | [MEST], [PC]                                | **In progress** | 7'       | 11:12am    |
+| [#1407] Meta-modeling: Refinements & FollowUps                              | [JGO], [WVG]                                | **In progress** | 1/3'     | 11:19am    |
+| [#1332] NIH Year 7                                                          | [JGO]                                       | **Ongoing**     | 1/3'     | 11:19am    |
+| [#1597] NIH Year 8                                                          | [JGO]                                       | **Ongoing**     | 1/3      | 11:19am    |
+| [#1395] App-team panel                                                      | [PC]                                        | **In progress** | 3'       | 11:20am    |
+
+
+[#1305]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1305
+[#1309]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1309
+[#1310]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1310
+[#1314]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1314
+[#1317]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1317
+[#1326]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1326
+[#1327]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1327
+[#1328]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1328
+[#1331]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1331
+[#1332]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1332
+[#1395]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1395
+[#1404]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1404
+[#1406]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1406
+[#1407]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1407
+[#1408]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1408
+[#1409]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1409
+[#1411]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1411
+[#1504]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1504
+[#1534]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1534
+[#1543]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1543
+[#1596]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1596
+[#1597]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1597
+[#1601]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1601
+[#1639]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1639
+[#1695]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1695
+[#1727]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1727
+[#1728]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1728
+[#1729]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1729
+[#1730]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1730
+[#1732]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1732
+[#1736]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/1736
+[#468]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/468
+[#6410]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/6410
+[#6411]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/6411
+[#716]: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/issues/716
+
+[ANE]:https://github.com/GitHK
+[BL]:https://github.com/dyollb
+[DK]:https://github.com/mrnicegyu11
+[EI]:https://github.com/elisabettai
+[EN]:https://github.com/esraneufeld
+[GCR]:https://github.com/giancarloromeo
+[IP]:https://github.com/ignapas
+[JGO]:https://github.com/JavierGOrdonnez
+[JQU]:https://github.com/jsaq007
+[MaG]:https://github.com/mguidon
+[MB]:https://github.com/bisgaard-itis
+[MD]:https://github.com/matusdrobuliak66
+[MEST]:https://github.com/Konohana0608
+[OM]:https://github.com/odeimaiz
+[PC]:https://github.com/pcrespov
+[SAN]:https://github.com/sanderegg
+[SB]:https://github.com/sbenkler
+[SCA]:https://github.com/SCA-ZMT
+[TN]:https://github.com/newton1985
+[WVG]:https://github.com/wvangeit
+[YH]:https://github.com/YuryHrytsuk
+
+#### Status Legend
+
+- _Planned_: no work done on this issue. This is the first time it apprears in a sprint.
+- _Paused_: this issue was not scheduled/skipped for this sprint
+- _In Progress_: this issue is still under development
+- _Done_: no more work left to do on this issue. PO can review an decide to close or reopen.
+- _Ongoing_: a recurrent task
+- _Blocking_: prerequisits are missing
+
+### Deployed environments 🚀
+
+- AWS cluster (us-east-1, ZMT)
+  - [master_zmt](https://sim4life.io) (Testers only)
+- AWS cluster (us-east-1, STRIDES)
+  - [staging_aws](https://staging.osparc.io) (Testers only)
+  - [production_aws](https://osparc.io)
+- Z43 cluster (ch-zh)
+  - [staging_z43](http://osparc-staging.speag.com) (Testers only)
+  - [production_z43](http://osparc.speag.com)
+  - [ti-plan.itis.swiss](http://ti-plan.itis.swiss)
+  - [master](https://osparc-master.speag.com) (developers only)
+
+- [Platform releases](https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-simcore/releases)
diff --git a/scripts/3_deadlines_calendar.py b/scripts/3_deadlines_calendar.py
index 152b799..c32c366 100644
--- a/scripts/3_deadlines_calendar.py
+++ b/scripts/3_deadlines_calendar.py
@@ -1,24 +1,25 @@
 import argparse
+from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Final
 
-from utils import validate_date
-
 TEMPLATE: Final[
     str
-] = """
-
-## Deadlines & upcoming schedule
-`{prs_merge}`: @all have all your PRs intended to be tested merged by the end of the day
-`{staging_release}`: STAGING release
-`{review_meeting}`: REVIEW MEETING
-`{review_meeting}`: by the end of the day created draft of the release notes
-`{start_app_team}`: -> {end_app_team}: App Team has exclusive access to the AWS Staging environment
-`{prod_release}`: PROD release
+] = """## Deadlines & upcoming schedule
+{sorted_events}
 """
 
 
+def validate_date(date_str: str) -> datetime:
+    try:
+        return datetime.strptime(date_str, "%d.%m")
+    except ValueError:
+        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(
+            f"Invalid date format: '{date_str}'. Expected format is dd.mm."
+        )
+
+
 def main() -> None:
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Assemble deadelines calendar")
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Assemble deadlines calendar")
     for date in [
         "prs_merge",
         "staging_release",
@@ -28,22 +29,33 @@ def main() -> None:
         "prod_release",
     ]:
         parser.add_argument(
-            date,
-            type=validate_date,
-            help="The date is in the format dd.mm",
+            date, type=validate_date, help="The date is in the format dd.mm"
         )
     args = parser.parse_args()
     print(f"\nDeadlines: {args}")
-
-    mattermost_message = TEMPLATE.format(
-        prs_merge=args.prs_merge,
-        staging_release=args.staging_release,
-        review_meeting=args.review_meeting,
-        start_app_team=args.start_app_team,
-        end_app_team=args.end_app_team,
-        prod_release=args.prod_release,
+    events = [
+        (
+            args.prs_merge,
+            "`{}`: @all have all your PRs intended to be tested merged by the end of the day",
+        ),
+        (args.staging_release, "`{}`: STAGING release"),
+        (args.review_meeting, "`{}`: REVIEW MEETING"),
+        (
+            args.review_meeting,
+            "`{}`: by the end of the day created draft of the release notes",
+        ),
+        (
+            args.start_app_team,
+            "`{}` -> `{}`: App Team has exclusive access to the AWS Staging environment",
+        ),
+        (args.prod_release, "`{}`: PROD release"),
+    ]
+    events.sort()
+    sorted_events = "\n".join(
+        event[1].format(event[0].strftime("%d.%m"), args.end_app_team.strftime("%d.%m"))
+        for event in events
     )
-
+    mattermost_message = TEMPLATE.format(sorted_events=sorted_events)
     print(f"\n{mattermost_message}\n")
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/4_make_release_drafts.py b/scripts/4_make_release_drafts.py
index 815be27..cf10196 100644
--- a/scripts/4_make_release_drafts.py
+++ b/scripts/4_make_release_drafts.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 _MATTERMOST_TEMPLATE: str = """
 @all please contribute in compiling the `Release Drafts`.
-There are 3 release drafts to fill out: `s4l` (which also includes s4li-lite), `osparc`, `tip`.
+There are 3 release drafts to fill out: `s4l` (which also includes s4l-lite), `osparc`, `tip`.
 Instructions:
 - Please go through all your last changes in master since the last release for each product: [osparc](https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/blob/master/release-notes/osparc/{version_tag}.md), [s4l](https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/blob/master/release-notes/s4l/{version_tag}.md) and [tip](https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/blob/master/release-notes/tip/{version_tag}.md) (each product contains a link to these changes)
 - For each product please chose those features which it makes sense to highlight.
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ def _get_collpasable_notes(vtag: str) -> str:
         f"https://api.github.com/repos/ITISFoundation/osparc-simcore/releases/tags/{vtag}",
         timeout=10,
     )
+    if response.status_code >= 400:
+        print(
+            f"ERROR: The GET request to the github API to https://api.github.com/repos/ITISFoundation/osparc-simcore/releases/tags/{vtag} failed. Does the github release {vtag} exist yet?"
+        )
+        exit(1)
     json_response = json.loads(response.text)
     return json_response["body"]
 
@@ -94,7 +99,7 @@ def main():
 
     print("\nTotal [STEPS] 2\n")
 
-    print(f"Will generate form tag: {vtag}")
+    print(f"Will generate drafts for tag: {vtag}")
 
     new_draft_content = _TEMPLATE.format(
         version_tag=_get_previous_version(vtag),
diff --git a/scripts/6_app_team_email.py b/scripts/6_app_team_email.py
index 6d32cc0..71c060c 100644
--- a/scripts/6_app_team_email.py
+++ b/scripts/6_app_team_email.py
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@
 - s4l lite https://staging.s4l-lite.io/
 - s4l https://sim4life-staging.cloud/
 
-This is the draft of the release notes: https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/blob/master/release-notes/s4l/{vtag}.md
+This is the draft of the release notes:
+- s4l https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/blob/master/release-notes/s4l/{vtag}.md
+- tip https://github.com/ITISFoundation/osparc-issues/blob/master/release-notes/tip/{vtag}.md
 We have added some highlights for you.
 
+
 We would like your input on the following:
 - Rewrite of the draft release notes, in a more user-friendly fashion (please make a PR back with your edits)
 - Test the deployments, including the highlights if they make sense to you
@@ -54,7 +57,6 @@ def main() -> None:
     )
 
     print(email_content)
-    print("\n!!Please review and feel free to edit above text!!\n")
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":