Hi,
The most recent netCDF workshop was held last week in Boulder. It
covered both tutorial and advanced topics, and is now available online:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/workshops/2012/
A few highlights included:
NetCDF-C for Windows (Ward Fisher)
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/workshops/2012/windows/
NetCDF Support for In-Memory Files (Dennis Heimbigner)
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/workshops/2012/diskless/
NetCDF-Java and the Common Data Model (John Caron)
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/workshops/2012/nj_cdm/
Developing Generic NetCDF Software (Russ Rew)
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/workshops/2012/generic/
Applications of netCDF: The NCAR CESM, and CMIP5 (Gary Strand)
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/workshops/2012/climate/
netcdf4-python: A Python Interface to the NetCDF C Library (Jeff Whitaker,
presented by Sean Arms)
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/workshops/2012/netcdf_python/
NetCDF and Related International Standards (Ben Domenico)
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/workshops/2012/standards/
The Future of NetCDF (Russ Rew)
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf/workshops/2012/plans/
--Russ