diff --git a/funnel/templates/notifications/update_new_email.html.jinja2 b/funnel/templates/notifications/update_new_email.html.jinja2
index b33cd1e91..4f8fd16b4 100644
--- a/funnel/templates/notifications/update_new_email.html.jinja2
+++ b/funnel/templates/notifications/update_new_email.html.jinja2
@@ -17,6 +17,34 @@
             {% trans update_body=view.update.body %}{{ update_body }}{% endtrans %}
         </td>
     </tr>
+    <tr>
+        {% for day, rooms in schedule.items() %}
+        <div class="schedule">
+            <h3 class="schedule__date collapsible__header mui--clearfix schedule__date--upcoming">
+                <span class="mui--pull-left">{{ day }}</span>
+            </h3>
+            {% for room, slots in rooms.items() %}
+            <table class="bg-accent schedule__table collapsible__body">
+                <tr class="schedule__row schedule__row--sticky">
+                    <th class="schedule__row__column schedule__row__column--time schedule__row__column--time--header" style="minWidth: '100px'">Time</th>
+                    <th class="schedule__row__column schedule__row__column--header" style="width: 'calc(100% - '100px)'">{{ room }}</th>
+                </tr>
+                {% for slot, sessions in slots.itens() %}
+                    {% for session in sessions %}
+                        <tr>
+                            <td class="mui--text-body2 schedule__row__column__content__title__duration">{{ session.startTime }}–{{ session.endTime }}</td>
+                            <td class="schedule__row__column__content__title">
+                                {% if room.talk.title %}<p class="mui--text-body2 schedule__row__column__content__title__heading">{{ session.title }}</p>{% endif %}
+                                {% if room.talk.speaker %}<p class="mui--text-caption mui--text-light schedule__row__column__content__title__speaker">{{ session.speaker }}</p>{% endif %}
+                            </td>
+                        </tr>
+                    {% endfor %}
+                {% endfor %}
+            </table>
+            {% endfor %}
+        </div>
+        {% endfor %}
+    </tr>
     <br/>
 
     {# Button : BEGIN #}
diff --git a/funnel/views/notifications/update_notification.py b/funnel/views/notifications/update_notification.py
index 3629c85d2..66a4f69cf 100644
--- a/funnel/views/notifications/update_notification.py
+++ b/funnel/views/notifications/update_notification.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from ..helpers import shortlink
 from ..notification import RenderNotification
 from .mixins import TemplateVarMixin
-from ..schedule import session_list_data, schedule_data
+from ..schedule import upcoming_schedule_data_with_room
 
 
 class UpdateTemplate(TemplateVarMixin, SmsTemplate):
@@ -64,19 +64,14 @@ def email_subject(self) -> str:
         )
 
     def email_content(self) -> str:
-        scheduled_sessions_list = session_list_data(
-            self.project.scheduled_sessions, with_modal_url='view'
-        )
         project = self.project.current_access(datasets=('primary', 'related'))
         venues = [
             venue.current_access(datasets=('without_parent', 'related'))
             for venue in self.project.venues
         ]
-        schedule = schedule_data(
-            self.project, with_slots=False, scheduled_sessions=scheduled_sessions_list
-        )
+        schedules = upcoming_schedule_data_with_room(self.project)
         return render_template('notifications/update_new_email.html.jinja2', view=self, project=project,
-                               venues=venues, schedule=schedule)
+                               venues=venues, schedules=schedules)
 
     def sms(self) -> UpdateTemplate:
         return UpdateTemplate(
diff --git a/funnel/views/schedule.py b/funnel/views/schedule.py
index cc3058801..2d3242bda 100644
--- a/funnel/views/schedule.py
+++ b/funnel/views/schedule.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from collections import defaultdict
-from datetime import timedelta
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, cast
 
@@ -114,6 +114,20 @@ def schedule_data(
         schedule.append(daydata)
     return schedule
 
+def upcoming_schedule_data_with_room(project: Project) -> list[dict]:
+    schedule = schedule_data(project)
+    schedule_with_room = []
+    for key, day in schedule:
+        if datetime.strptime(key,'%y-%m-%d') >= datetime.today():
+            daydata_with_room: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = defaultdict(lambda:
+                                                                       defaultdict(Any))
+            for slots in schedule[day]:
+                roomdata: dict[str, Any] = defaultdict(Any)
+                roomdata[slots.sessions.room_scoped_name].append(slots)
+                daydata_with_room[day]['room'].append(roomdata)
+            schedule_with_room.append(daydata_with_room)
+    return schedule_with_room
+
 
 def schedule_ical(
     project: Project, rsvp: Rsvp | None = None, future_only: bool = False
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 159905cbc..08c528399 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ FLASK_CACHE_REDIS_URL=redis://${REDIS_HOST}:6379/0
 # --- Database configuration
 DB_HOST=localhost
 # Main app database
-FLASK_SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI='postgresql+psycopg:///funnel'
+FLASK_SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI='postgresql+psycopg:///funnel_test'
 # Geoname database (the use of `__` creates a dict and sets a key in the dict)
-FLASK_SQLALCHEMY_BINDS__geoname='postgresql+psycopg:///geoname'
+FLASK_SQLALCHEMY_BINDS__geoname='postgresql+psycopg:///geoname_testing'
 
 # --- Email configuration
 # SMTP mail server ('localhost' if Postfix is configured as a relay email server)