This is the TEDxMontevideo 2015 talk that Dr Igor Calzada gave on 15th June 2015, by opening the edition as the first guest speaker. He aimed to focused the conference on the importance of the future of cities paradigm by giving advise to Montevideo to become translocal socially innovative small city player in the global world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2a6Dmt2MYs