Room Escape Artist

Later this month David will be speaking at the Immersive Experience Network Summit. His talk is part of the programming presented by ERIC, the UK escape room conference.

Summit Details

The Immersive Experience Network aims to be a catalyst to support creators making new work, developing new audiences, and growing financially sustainable creative companies. The 2025 Summit will bring together thought leaders and innovators from across the industry. 

• October 21-22, 2025
• Woolwich Works, East London, UK

David’s Talk

David will be speaking on Tuesday. His talk is part of ERIC, the programming presented by the UK escape room conference. See the full program here.

Your Business is Creativity & Creativity is Your Business.

Too many creatively wonderful escape rooms fail as businesses… and too many financially viable escape rooms fail to deliver a good time.

Many escape room and immersive endeavors stem from strong creative vision and drive, or the pull of an unusual business opportunity. The hard truth: creatives can’t survive without business chops, and the business-folk would be so much better off if they invested in creative talent. You don’t have to be something your not, but you do need to learn, adapt, hire, or partner.

With more than a decade of exploring, observing, and analyzing the global escape room and immersive gaming space, David Spira will share practical tips and tricks to help balance out your business. This advice will be colored by his experience of turning his own creative endeavor into a proper business, as well as his experience of partnering with escape room companies from around the world to run escape room tours.

Say Hello

If you’ll be at this event, definitely find David and other REA Contributors Richard and Heather Burns, and say hello!