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