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RECON speakers, Lisa & David Spiras' headshot in a gold, art deco frame with the RECON logo.
20 July, 2023

Players & Owners: Improving Together

Players & Owners

Improving Together

Speaker Session

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RECON speakers, Lisa & David Spiras' headshot in a gold, art deco frame with the RECON logo.
Lisa & David Spira
Room Escape Artist

Newark, New Jersey

The Talk

Nine years into Room Escape Artist, the escape room community – players and owners – are what drives us to produce content and events. 

And nine years into Room Escape Artist, we continue to see a lot of the same misunderstandings persist between players and owners. 

We’re going to attempt to thread the needle and help drive understanding in our community. Buckle up, we’re going to make things interesting. 

The Speakers

Lisa and David Spira founded Room Escape Artist in 2014. There they publish daily well-researched, rational, and reasonably humorous escape room reviews, design tips, player tips, and industry commentary.

Their professional expertise includes User Experience and Speech Writing (David) and Language Technology and Data Analytics (Lisa). They have experience managing projects, teams, and products in different areas of technology.

They are best known for:

  • Golden Lock Award
  • Annual Escape Room Industry Report
  • Comprehensive Escape Room Directory
  • Escape Immerse Explore Tours
  • RECON: The Reality Escape Convention
  • The Reality Escape Pod, a podcast exploring immersive gaming
  • Speaking Engagements & Media Appearances

Lisa and David have been featured as industry experts in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and on a CBS Sunday Morning segment. They are the escape room industry’s most prolific leaders.