diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e6274df..4a0edc7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.0.5] - 2019-05-29
+
+### Added
+- Support important dates ([#8](https://github.com/kgb-workshop/sad-generator-init/issues/8))
+
 ## [0.0.4] - 2019-05-29
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -18,5 +23,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 ### Fixed
 - Event location is written to CSV.
 
+[0.0.5]: https://github.com/kgb-workshop/sad-generator-init/compare/v0.0.4...v0.0.5
 [0.0.4]: https://github.com/kgb-workshop/sad-generator-init/compare/v0.0.3...v0.0.4
 [0.0.3]: https://github.com/kgb-workshop/sad-generator-init/compare/v0.0.2...v0.0.3
diff --git a/bin/cli.js b/bin/cli.js
index 285487d..f0dec54 100755
--- a/bin/cli.js
+++ b/bin/cli.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const inquirer = require('inquirer');
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const path = require('path');
 const validator = require('validator');
+const parseTemplate = require('parse-author');
 const generate = require('../index');
 
 if (process.argv.length > 2 && (process.argv[2] === '-h' || process.argv[2] === '--help')) {
@@ -73,6 +74,21 @@ async function start() {
     message: 'End date',
     default: answers.startdate === '' ? undefined : answers.startdate
   },
+  {
+    type: 'input',
+    name: 'importantdates',
+    message: 'Important dates (date <label> (description))',
+    validate: (data) => {
+      const dates = data.split(',');
+      let i = 0;
+
+      while (i < dates.length && validateImportantDateString(dates[i])) {
+        i ++;
+      }
+
+      return i === dates.length ? true : 'Date and label are required.';
+    }
+  },
   {
     type: 'input',
     name: 'location',
@@ -87,7 +103,19 @@ async function start() {
   generate(extend(answers, answers2), process.cwd());
 }
 
+function validateImportantDateString(str) {
+  if (str !== '') {
+    const date = parseTemplate(str);
+
+    return date.name && date.email;
+  } else {
+    return true;
+  }
+}
+
 function extend(obj, src) {
-  Object.keys(src).forEach(function(key) { obj[key] = src[key]; });
+  Object.keys(src).forEach(function (key) {
+    obj[key] = src[key];
+  });
   return obj;
 }
diff --git a/help.txt b/help.txt
index faf6f06..a368de0 100644
--- a/help.txt
+++ b/help.txt
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ It asks for the following:
 - Email: main email address of the event.
 - Start date: start date of the event.
 - Stop date: stop date of the event.
+- Important dates: important dates of the event. An important date is described according to the template "date <label> (description)", and multiple important dates are comma-separated. Date and label are required.
 - Location: location of the event.
 - Super event: super event with which the event is co-located.
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b87276f..392a538 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const path = require('path');
 const downloadGithub = require('download-git-repo');
-const parseAuthor = require('parse-author');
+const parseTemplate = require('parse-author');
 const replaceInFile = require('replace');
 const yarrrml2rml = require('@rmlio/yarrrml-parser/lib/yarrrml2rml');
 const N3 = require('n3');
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ function generate(answers, directory) {
         writeGeneralInfo(answers);
         writeTopics(answers);
         writeOrganizers(answers);
+        writeImportantDates(answers);
 
         // create empty CSV files
-        fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(csvPath, 'important-dates.csv'), 'event,date,description');
         fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(csvPath, 'pc.csv'), 'id,name,organization');
         fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(csvPath, 'subtopics.csv'), 'id,subtopic');
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function writeOrganizers(answers) {
 
   organizers.forEach(organizer => {
     if (organizer !== '') {
-      organizer = parseAuthor(organizer);
+      organizer = parseTemplate(organizer);
 
       if (organizer.name) {
         csv += organizer.name.replace(/ /g, '-').toLowerCase() + ',';
@@ -99,6 +99,33 @@ function writeOrganizers(answers) {
   fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(csvPath, 'organizers.csv'), csv);
 }
 
+function writeImportantDates(answers) {
+  const importantDates = answers.importantdates.split(',');
+  let csv = 'event,date,description\n';
+
+  importantDates.forEach(importantDate => {
+    if (importantDate !== '') {
+      importantDate = parseTemplate(importantDate);
+
+      if (importantDate.name && importantDate.email) {
+        const date = importantDate.name;
+        const label = importantDate.email;
+        let description = '';
+
+        if (importantDate.url) {
+          description = importantDate.url;
+        }
+
+        csv += `${label},${date},${description}\n`;
+      } else {
+        console.error('An important date should at least have a date and label.');
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(csvPath, 'important-dates.csv'), csv);
+}
+
 function writeTopics(answers) {
   const topics = answers.topics.split(',');
   let csv = 'id,name\n';
diff --git a/test/expectedoutput/important-dates.csv b/test/expectedoutput/important-dates.csv
index 2e8d9b3..035b705 100644
--- a/test/expectedoutput/important-dates.csv
+++ b/test/expectedoutput/important-dates.csv
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-event,date,description
\ No newline at end of file
+event,date,description
+Submission deadline,2019-04-10,
+Notifications,2019-05-15,
diff --git a/test/generate.test.js b/test/generate.test.js
index 20a86cb..f550ca1 100644
--- a/test/generate.test.js
+++ b/test/generate.test.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ it('Basic test', async function() {
     enddate: '2019-05-29',
     twitter: 'uni_corn',
     location: 'London',
+    importantdates: '2019-04-10 <Submission deadline>, 2019-05-15 <Notifications>',
     superevent: ''
   }, actualPath);