Awakening to Light: Returning to Nature’s Rhythm

Event ID: PP1149205

Tue, Mar 17, 2026 | 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Venue: Waller Ballroom A (Austin Marriott Downtown)

View on Official SXSW

Summary

Light shapes biology. When spectrum and timing drift, circadian rhythms falter, degrading sleep, cognition, and long-term health. We move from hard science to possibility: technology that calibrates light to natural circadian cues, paired with daily practices - meditation, breath, mindful routines - to restore rhythm.

Contributors

Raw Event JSON

Large nested arrays are compacted for page readability. Full payload remains in dataset files.

Open JSON payload
{
  "id": "PP1149205",
  "track": "Design",
  "focus_area": null,
  "category": "Presentation",
  "event_id": "PP1149205",
  "event_type": "panel",
  "format": "Presentation",
  "genre": null,
  "subgenre": null,
  "name": "Awakening to Light: Returning to Nature’s Rhythm",
  "presented_by": null,
  "publish_at": "2025-12-03T18:14:00.000-06:00",
  "reservable": true,
  "reservable_id": "PP1149205",
  "reserved": false,
  "date": "2026-03-17",
  "end_time": "2026-03-17T15:30:00.000-05:00",
  "start_time": "2026-03-17T14:30:00.000-05:00",
  "message": null,
  "image": {
    "alt_text": "Awakening to Light: Returning to Nature’s Rhythm",
    "credit": null,
    "url": "https://images.sxsw.com/le-1L8gb_q4GuZ4gJKb4n57LsQc=/950x633/images.sxsw.com/187/ace50b44-7556-b1fb-53aa-b4bbce100385/pp1149205"
  },
  "credentials": [
    {
      "name": "Platinum Badge",
      "type": "platinum"
    },
    {
      "name": "Innovation Badge",
      "type": "innovation"
    }
  ],
  "contributors": [
    {
      "id": 79569,
      "company": "Korrus",
      "credential_types": [
        "innovation"
      ],
      "entity_id": 2240721,
      "name": "Mark Reynoso",
      "speaker_types": [],
      "title": "CEO",
      "image": {
        "alt_text": "Mark Reynoso",
        "credit": null,
        "url": "https://images.sxsw.com/CK4hEa47wTMRXyMotojUYNpew54=/600x600/images.sxsw.com/48/03b5e141-2553-ff2c-326f-b59d621a6794/pcid-1627761"
      },
      "speaker_type": "Speaker",
      "details": "Mark Reynoso is Chairman and CEO of Korrus, a visionary leader, who after more than a decade scaling Belkin to over $1billion, turned his focus to one of the most overlooked forces in human health: light. At Korrus, he leads a science and engineering team with over 500 patents exploring how light influences circadian rhythms, sleep, and long-term health. His work centers on a clear idea: the light surrounding us shapes our biology. His mission is to elevate importance of one’s “light diet” to enhance both health and well-being.",
      "links": {},
      "type": "person"
    }
  ],
  "venue": {
    "accessible": false,
    "age_policy": null,
    "floor": null,
    "id": "V2129",
    "indoor_outdoor": null,
    "name": "Waller Ballroom A",
    "parent_id": "V2024",
    "parent_venue_name": "Austin Marriott Downtown",
    "venue_entry_info": null,
    "formats": null,
    "location": {
      "address": "304 E Cesar Chavez St.",
      "lat_lon": [
        30.2628298,
        -97.74157
      ],
      "city": "Austin",
      "postal_code": "78701",
      "state": "TX",
      "name": "Austin Marriott Downtown"
    },
    "root": {
      "accessible": null,
      "age_policy": null,
      "floor": null,
      "id": "V2024",
      "indoor_outdoor": null,
      "name": "Austin Marriott Downtown",
      "parent_id": null,
      "parent_venue_name": null,
      "venue_entry_info": null,
      "formats": null
    },
    "events": "[omitted 5 venue events]"
  },
  "description": "Light shapes biology. When spectrum and timing drift, circadian rhythms falter, degrading sleep, cognition, and long-term health. We move from hard science to possibility: technology that calibrates light to natural circadian cues, paired with daily practices - meditation, breath, mindful routines - to restore rhythm.",
  "experience_level": "Intermediate",
  "accessibility": [],
  "accessible_venue": false,
  "add_bcl_url": false,
  "add_slido": false,
  "age_policy": null,
  "american_sign_language": false,
  "apple_url": null,
  "audio_description": false,
  "caption_url": null,
  "closed_captioned": false,
  "cpe_credit": false,
  "has_subtitles": false,
  "hash_tags": [],
  "high_sensory_experience": false,
  "live": false,
  "long_description": "Light shapes biology. When spectrum and timing drift, circadian rhythms falter, degrading sleep, cognition, and long-term health. We move from hard science to possibility: technology that calibrates light to natural circadian cues, paired with daily practices - meditation, breath, mindful routines - to restore rhythm.",
  "meeting_url": null,
  "meeting_url_live": false,
  "mentorly_url": null,
  "mobile_audio_url": null,
  "open_captioned": false,
  "playlist_tag": null,
  "rebroadcast": false,
  "recommended_ids": [],
  "search_conversions": null,
  "short_program": false,
  "slido_url": null,
  "sort": "AWAKENING TO LIGHT: RETURNING TO NATURE?S RHYTHM",
  "source": "Official",
  "squad_up_url": null,
  "stream_embed": null,
  "stream_id": null,
  "stream_url": null,
  "strobe_warning": false,
  "subdiscipline": null,
  "summit": null,
  "summit_display_name": null,
  "tags": [],
  "talent_attending": null,
  "title_only": false,
  "track_display_name": "Design",
  "trailer_id": null,
  "trailer_url": null,
  "video_on_demand": null,
  "vimeo_id": null,
  "vod": false,
  "xr_project_type": null,
  "youtube_id": null,
  "related_sales_client": null
}