2026 OCP APAC Summit

From Compliance to Deployment: Lithium-Ion Safety and Handling Across the APAC Supply Chain

7 Floor – 701F

Join Americase International and Industry Experts for a Practical Look at Lithium-Ion Battery Compliance Across the Data Center Supply Chain

OCP members and data center operators: as lithium-ion deployment scales across APAC data centers, proper handling and regulatory compliance can’t be an afterthought bolted on at the end of a build-out — they have to be engineered into the supply chain from the start. This panel brings together regulatory compliance, emergency response, and hyperscaler-side program management perspectives to give attendees a clear, practical view of what compliant lithium-ion battery handling actually looks like in operation, grounded in the findings of a newly published white paper on lithium-ion battery regulatory compliance and safety.

Session Title: From Compliance to Deployment: Lithium-Ion Safety and Handling Across the APAC Supply Chain

Session Type: Panel Discussion

Panelists:

• Ryan Paquet, President, HazMat Safety Consulting (HSC; a division of Americase International) — global dangerous goods and lithium compliance specialist covering storage and transportation compliance

• John Redman, Chief Operation Officer, Americase International—30+ years experience at Toyota and General Motors, UN Delegate

• Dalan Zartman, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Security Agency (ESA) — incident management and emergency response for lithium-ion battery emergencies
• TBD — hyperscaler-side program management for lithium battery deployment

Moderator: Joel Chakkalakal, CEO, Critical Risk Solution

Day & Time: Tuesday, August 11, 2026 | 4:30pm-5:00pm

Location: TaiNEX 2, Taipei City, Taiwan — 7 Floor-701F

Session Description

As lithium-ion battery deployment accelerates across APAC data centers — powering everything from backup power systems to on-site energy storage — the margin for error on handling, storage, and transport compliance keeps shrinking. This panel walks through what’s actually required at each stage of the supply chain: regulatory compliance and classification (HazMat Safety Consulting), emergency response and incident management (Energy Security Agency), and hyperscaler-side program management (Meta/Delta), with Americase International’s containment engineering woven in as a real-world example of how proper handling gets built into the supply chain, not bolted on after the fact.

The conversation is grounded in the findings of a newly published white paper, Requirements for Energy Storage Systems Used in Data Centers, developed by Open Compute Project (OCP) with HazMat Safety Consulting as a co-author. Attendees will leave with a practical understanding of the compliance and mitigation considerations that support safe, scalable lithium-ion deployment — and where the industry still has gaps to close.

Key Topics Include:

• What the white paper’s findings mean for proper handling, storage, transportation, and incident response across the Li-ion battery supply chain
• Regulatory classification and compliance requirements for lithium-ion batteries in transport and storage
• Emergency response and incident management planning for lithium-ion battery events
• How hyperscalers translate compliance requirements into program-level decisions at scale
• Where containment and packaging engineering fits into a compliant, resilient supply chain
• Practical mitigation considerations for operators scaling lithium-ion deployment across APAC facilities

Why Attend This Session?

• Get a practical, end-to-end view of lithium-ion compliance — from classification and transport through storage and incident response
• Hear from a primary contributor to a newly published white paper on lithium-ion battery regulatory compliance and safety
• Understand how compliance requirements are being operationalized by hyperscalers already managing lithium-ion programs at scale
• Learn how proper handling and containment get engineered into the supply chain, not treated as an afterthought
• Connect with peers across the OCP community facing similar battery safety and compliance challenges as deployment scales

This session is ideal for data center infrastructure and facilities teams, battery and power program managers, EHS and safety officers, regulatory and compliance professionals, and anyone responsible for lithium-ion battery deployment, storage, or emergency preparedness within the OCP community.

FAQs

Q: Who should attend this session?
A: OCP members and data center professionals involved in the sourcing, deployment, storage, transport, or emergency response planning for lithium-ion batteries — including facilities, EHS, procurement, and program management teams.

Q: What makes this panel different from a typical safety session?
A: It’s grounded in a specific white paper — bringing together the people who wrote it (HazMat Safety Consulting), the people who respond when things go wrong (Energy Security Agency), and the people managing lithium battery programs inside hyperscale operators (Meta or Delta), moderated by the team that engineers containment solutions to support all three.

Q: Will the session reference the white paper directly?
A: Yes. The panel is built around the white paper’s findings on proper handling, storage, transportation, and incident response across the lithium-ion battery supply chain, with panelists unpacking what those findings mean in practice.

Q: How does this connect to the broader OCP Summit program?
A: As lithium-ion deployment scales across APAC data centers, compliance and proper handling directly affect uptime, safety, and risk exposure — making this a practical complement to the Summit’s broader infrastructure and power programming.