symposium entitled `Changing the Ocean: A View from Bermuda'. Saturday's 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. symposium will provide an opportunity to learn about investigations into the ocean's chemical, biological and physical processes and how they affect global environmental change.

For $20, participants can then join the scientists at a luncheon on the lawn.

Reservations are required and can be made by calling 297-1880 ext. 206.

*** The Bermuda Small Business Development Corporation (BSBDC) joins forces with Colonial Insurance and the Bank of Bermuda to host a small business networking cocktail reception this Thursday.

The reception will take place in the Harbour Room at the Number One Shed on Front Street in Hamilton from 5.30 to 8 p.m.

In addition to music, drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served at the free event.

To RSVP for the event call the BSBDC at 292-5570.

*** The Bermuda National Trust will host an evening of entertainment set in a historic Smith's Parish mansion house.

Jane Austen, A Candlelight Evening at Verdmont will take place on Saturday and Sunday at 7.30 p.m. The Saturday night performance is sold out.

The event will feature 18th century songs performed by the Pembroke Players, with Andrea Hodson on Harpsichord, historian David Raine discussing Austen's family connections in Bermuda and Nigel Kermode and Fiona Luck will dramatise some of Austen's work.

Tickets, which include refreshments, are $30 and are available from the Trustworthy Shop on Queen Street in Hamilton between 10 and 4 p.m. Tickets will also be available at The Bermuda National Trust Headquarters at Waterville in Paget between 9 an 5 p.m.

For more information 236-6483.