While Israel searches for a reliable partner in peace, partners in business were in no short supply at last month\’s California-Israel Bio-Partnering & Investment Conference. The \”Bio\” is short for biotechnology, a collective term for the various medical and technical innovations currently gathering great momentum. The \”Partnering\” was a meeting of the minds and monies of businesses in California and Israel, previously separated by thousands of miles, concerned with these innovations. The conference brought together Israeli companies specializing in biotechnology with scores of Southern California firms in biotech, venture capital and marketing, and other businesses eager to join in the Israeli biotechnology boom.