In this edition of THE INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY: The Soul of the City, ICF Co-Founder Lou Zacharilla gives speaks with Dario Paixão, CEO of the Curitiba Agency for Economic Development and Innovation, Curitiba, Brazil. The ICF trilogy of conversations with the three cities that will host this year's Awards announcements and conferences begins in Brazil, where Curitiba's former City Secretary for Economic Development, Innovation, and Artificial Intelligence talks to Lou about the remarkable success and innovations (yes, they really have had fast buses for years!) in the first Brazilian location to be named Intelligent Community of the Year (2024).