IFIP working group WG3.4 – Professional, Higher and Vocational Education in ICT was established in 1971. This paper describes the group’s contribution to achieving digitally transformed education in higher, vocational, and lifelong learning over the last 40 years. WG3.4 is focused on education leading towards careers or professional development in some form of computing. Although IFIP runs several different types of conferences relevant to the goals of WG3.4, this paper deals primarily with papers presented at WG3.4 working conferences. We list the important topics covered at each conference and provide a grouping of papers on specific topics. We then investigate how these topics have changed over the years. To do this, we use Historical Research methodology to identify important article topics and trends. We conclude that although early WG3.4 Working Conferences involved courses for learning a tool or methodology by organizational users, today ICT education is a necessary part of business strategy and organizational development.