diff --git a/packages/client/src/v2-events/features/workqueues/EventOverview/components/EventSummary.tsx b/packages/client/src/v2-events/features/workqueues/EventOverview/components/EventSummary.tsx
index 7a088c5cf2..02caa13d91 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/v2-events/features/workqueues/EventOverview/components/EventSummary.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/src/v2-events/features/workqueues/EventOverview/components/EventSummary.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 import React from 'react'
+import { useIntl } from 'react-intl'
 import { Summary } from '@opencrvs/components/lib/Summary'
 import { SummaryConfig } from '@opencrvs/commons/events'
 import { EventIndex } from '@opencrvs/commons/client'
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export function EventSummary({
   event: EventIndex
   summary: SummaryConfig
 }) {
+  const intl = useIntl()
   const { toString } = useTransformer(event.type)
   const data = toString(event.data)
   return (
@@ -36,9 +38,10 @@ export function EventSummary({
             <Summary.Row
               key={field.id}
               data-testid={field.id}
-              label={field.label?.defaultMessage ?? ''}
+              label={intl.formatMessage(field.label)}
               placeholder={
-                '@todo: These placeholder values need to be configurable like "No place of birth"'
+                field.emptyValueMessage &&
+                intl.formatMessage(field.emptyValueMessage)
               }
               value={data[field.id]}
             />
diff --git a/packages/client/src/v2-events/features/workqueues/Workqueue.tsx b/packages/client/src/v2-events/features/workqueues/Workqueue.tsx
index 91d7eaba83..e325effca8 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/v2-events/features/workqueues/Workqueue.tsx
+++ b/packages/client/src/v2-events/features/workqueues/Workqueue.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { orderBy, mapKeys, get } from 'lodash'
 import { useTypedSearchParams } from 'react-router-typesafe-routes/dom'
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
 
-import { EventIndex, getCurrentEventState } from '@opencrvs/commons/client'
+import { EventIndex } from '@opencrvs/commons/client'
 import { useWindowSize } from '@opencrvs/components/lib/hooks'
 import { WorkqueueConfig } from '@opencrvs/commons'
 import {
diff --git a/packages/commons/src/events/EventConfig.ts b/packages/commons/src/events/EventConfig.ts
index 0fc8267520..75f3cbfd25 100644
--- a/packages/commons/src/events/EventConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/commons/src/events/EventConfig.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import { z } from 'zod'
 import { ActionConfig } from './ActionConfig'
 import { TranslationConfig } from './TranslationConfig'
-import { SummaryConfig } from './SummaryConfig'
+import { SummaryConfig, SummaryConfigInput } from './SummaryConfig'
 import { WorkqueueConfig } from './WorkqueueConfig'
 import { FormConfig, FormConfigInput } from './FormConfig'
 
@@ -32,8 +32,12 @@ export const EventConfig = z.object({
   workqueues: z.array(WorkqueueConfig)
 })
 
+export const EventConfigInput = EventConfig.extend({
+  summary: SummaryConfigInput
+})
+
 export type EventConfig = z.infer<typeof EventConfig>
-export type EventConfigInput = z.input<typeof EventConfig>
+export type EventConfigInput = z.input<typeof EventConfigInput>
 
 export const defineForm = (form: FormConfigInput): FormConfig =>
   FormConfig.parse(form)
diff --git a/packages/commons/src/events/SummaryConfig.ts b/packages/commons/src/events/SummaryConfig.ts
index 2e209cd372..d9190b6653 100644
--- a/packages/commons/src/events/SummaryConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/commons/src/events/SummaryConfig.ts
@@ -11,19 +11,27 @@
 import { z } from 'zod'
 import { TranslationConfig } from './TranslationConfig'
 
+const Field = z.object({
+  id: z.string().describe('Id of a field defined under form.'),
+  label: TranslationConfig,
+  emptyValueMessage: TranslationConfig.optional()
+})
+
+const FieldInput = Field.extend({
+  // label is enforced during runtime.
+  label: TranslationConfig.optional()
+})
+
 export const SummaryConfig = z
   .object({
     title: TranslationConfig.describe('Header title of summary'),
-    fields: z
-      .array(
-        z.object({
-          id: z.string().describe('Id of a field defined under form.'),
-          label: TranslationConfig.optional()
-        })
-      )
-      .describe('Fields to be rendered under in summary.')
+    fields: z.array(Field).describe('Fields rendered in summary view.')
   })
   .describe('Configuration for summary in event.')
 
+export const SummaryConfigInput = SummaryConfig.extend({
+  fields: z.array(FieldInput)
+})
+
 export type SummaryConfig = z.infer<typeof SummaryConfig>
-export type SummaryConfigInput = z.input<typeof SummaryConfig>
+export type SummaryConfigInput = z.input<typeof SummaryConfigInput>
diff --git a/packages/commons/src/events/defineConfig.ts b/packages/commons/src/events/defineConfig.ts
index d5e6908901..c9dfb77b82 100644
--- a/packages/commons/src/events/defineConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/commons/src/events/defineConfig.ts
@@ -17,20 +17,20 @@ import { findPageFields, resolveFieldLabels } from './utils'
  * @param config - Event specific configuration
  */
 export const defineConfig = (config: EventConfigInput) => {
-  const parsed = EventConfig.parse(config)
+  const input = EventConfigInput.parse(config)
 
-  const pageFields = findPageFields(parsed).map(({ id, label }) => ({
+  const pageFields = findPageFields(input).map(({ id, label }) => ({
     id,
     label
   }))
 
   return EventConfig.parse({
-    ...parsed,
+    ...input,
     summary: resolveFieldLabels({
-      config: parsed.summary,
+      config: input.summary,
       pageFields
     }),
-    workqueues: parsed.workqueues.map((workqueue) =>
+    workqueues: input.workqueues.map((workqueue) =>
       resolveFieldLabels({
         config: workqueue,
         pageFields
diff --git a/packages/commons/src/fixtures/tennis-club-membership-event.ts b/packages/commons/src/fixtures/tennis-club-membership-event.ts
index 4003d51ed5..2c2041257c 100644
--- a/packages/commons/src/fixtures/tennis-club-membership-event.ts
+++ b/packages/commons/src/fixtures/tennis-club-membership-event.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ export const tennisClubMembershipEvent = defineConfig({
     },
     fields: [
       {
-        id: 'applicant.firstname'
+        id: 'applicant.firstname',
+        emptyValueMessage: {
+          defaultMessage: 'First name is not provided',
+          description: 'This is the message to show when the field is empty',
+          id: 'event.tennis-club-membership.summary.field.firstname.empty'
+        }
       }
     ]
   },
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/package.json b/packages/toolkit/package.json
index 8e13ed80ed..05ac70d02f 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/package.json
+++ b/packages/toolkit/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@opencrvs/toolkit",
-  "version": "0.0.7-events",
+  "version": "0.0.9-events",
   "description": "OpenCRVS toolkit for building country configurations",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "exports": {