Coimbatore, Sept 12: With a view to provide a competitive edge in understanding of how to use outsourcing to improve business performance, a two-day national conference on 'business process outsourcing' will be held here from today The conference is aimed at a balanced and blended view of outsourcing, drawing on leading business visionaries and analysts, customer executives, providers, consultants and others whose work is increasingly shaped by outsourcing, B Sudhakar, director, GRG School Management of Studies, the organisor, told reporters. The conference would present the field's top thinkers and practitioners, with special focus on the critical issues of increasing importance of outsourcing, he said. Around 250 participants, including corporate delegates, faculty members and students are expected to attend the conference, Sudhakar said. Bureau Report