January 20-22, 2026 | SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center 
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Joshua Packwood

Joshua Packwood

Co-Founder, President, and COO, Kingston Infrastructure Partners

Josh Packwood is the Co-Founder, President, and COO of Kingston Infrastructure Partners, a global middle-market infrastructure investment firm. Kingston partners with business owners, developers, and operators to provide flexible capital solutions across renewables, digital, transportation, energy, and social infrastructure sectors. With investment capabilities ranging from $50 million to $125 million—and the ability to scale significantly through strategic partnerships—Kingston offers both control and minority investments in various equity and hybrid debt structures.

Beyond direct investments, Kingston is actively looking for high-quality service providers, technologies, and solutions to help optimize and scale our portfolio companies. We invest in businesses and also in the tools, products, and services that drive operational efficiency and long-term success. We work closely with best-in-class providers to introduce innovative solutions across our global portfolio, helping them expand their reach while improving the performance of our assets.

Prior to joining Kingston, Josh held investment leadership positions at Citadel, Balyasny, and Point72. He began his career in Goldman Sachs’ Special Situations Group. Additionally, he served as the Head of Strategy, Business Development, and Technology for Financial Services at Microsoft.

Josh graduated as valedictorian from Morehouse College and was a Rhodes and Marshall Scholar finalist, earning a bachelor's degree in economics. He also completed graduate coursework as a master's student in statistics and data science at Columbia University.

Sessions
"This is my first year at POWERGEN and so far I can just say, wow, this event is huge. I never thought I would have access to so many different vendors and so many different experts in the energy industry by coming to an event like this."
Caitlyn Watkins
Cleco
"It's my first time at POWERGEN. I'm having a great time walking around and seeing all of the booths in the exhibit hall and everything that everybody's trying to sell me, as well as a lot of very useful technical presentations. My particular favorite has been the carbon capture track, but they've all been good that I've attended so far."
Janelle Dana
Entergy
"Hi, I’m Chad Lemoine with Entergy... here as a corrective actions program specialist. It’s my first time at POWERGEN, so it’s been great for networking. I’ve met personnel at our plants I’d only talked to on the phone, so that face-to-face interaction has been really good. I’ve enjoyed meeting new people, learning about what they do, and how it interacts with my work... Overall, it's been a really good time." 
Chad Lemoine
Entergy
"I think my favorite part of the conference has been essentially the Smarter Power Plant Track. There's been a lot of good [takeaways] for us because our plans are quite old, so there's a lot of manual readings and things, but me being the IT generation, I think it could be done better. So having a lot of these [takeaways] from companies who have [accomplished what] we are wanting to do is great. It's been really eye opening networking with all of the exhibitors [as well]. It's my first time here, but I don’t think it's going to be my last."
Jonathan Hellborg
Svensk Kraftreserv
“Nel’s chosen to sponsor and be part of POWERGEN because it's one of the more important shows in the hydrogen market, also the power generation market in general. Over the years, we've seen a shift in POWERGEN from more traditional power generation to a greater presence with renewables, and now with hydrogen, as an energy source, moving into the future.” 
Chris Van Name
Nel Hydrogen
“We're here today at the conference because I believe this is the largest power generation conference there is in the country. One, it's a way to get our name out and that's why we're sponsoring it. But two, it's also a great way to connect with other groups, other organizations and, you know, meet the people who are actually important for our own progression as a company.” 
James Walker
Nano Nuclear Energy, Inc
“We come to POWERGEN every year because it's a great show you can make great contacts in the renewable space, great contacts in the data center space, great contacts in the commercial industrial space. So that's why we're here every year. You should be here too.”
David D’Escoto
Maddox Industrial Transformer